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[Dovecot] Subscription File
by Carlos Mennens 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

I had a use lose 20 folders on their mail account. I was able to pull them back from a restore and dumped them all back on the server in her Maildir. The problem is she doesn't see them on her Thunderbird or Outlook client. I checked to make sure I put them back into the correct directory and I did as well as verify permissions aren't weird. I then noticed a file called 'subscriptions' in her Maildir directory. She appears to only be seeing folders that are listed in this 'subscriptions' file. My question is how do I update this file? If I delete it, will Dovecot re-generate the file with the correct subscription entries? I don't understand what to do but I'm hoping I don't have to edit the file by hand...that seems way too cumbersome.

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[Dovecot] how to disable quota for second namespace?
by Udo Lembke 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Hi all, I have a second namespace as archive, where no quota should be active (work with type = shared). But if I change the type to private the quota will allways count. My dovecot version is the 2.0.13. I have tried things like this: plugin { quota_rule = *:storage=500M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_rule3 = Sent:storage=+50M quota_rule4 = ns=archiv/%u/:ignore } It's also doesn't work with "quota_rule4 = archiv/%u/:ignore" The namespace: namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = "archiv/%u/" location = maildir:/var/data/archiv/%d/%n:INDEX=/var/data/indexes/archiv/%u:LAYOUT=fs inbox = no hidden = no subscriptions = no list = yes } Even if I define the namespace for quota I see the quota-value also in the "root": plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota2 = maildir:Archiv quota:ns=archiv/%u/ } doveadm quota get -u test(a)example.com Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 1587135 512000 309 User quota MESSAGE 13346 - 0 Archiv quota STORAGE 1359379 - 0 Archiv quota MESSAGE 10577 - 0 du -ks /var/data/mail/example.com/test 234364 /var/data/mail/example.com/test du -ks /var/data/archiv/example.com/test 1383792 /var/data/archiv/example.com/test Now is the big question, how can I reach such an output? doveadm quota get -u test(a)example.com Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 227756 512000 44 User quota MESSAGE 2769 - 0 Archiv quota STORAGE 1359379 - 0 Archiv quota MESSAGE 10577 - 0 I can't believe that's only possible with a shared namespace, or? Any hints are welcome. Best regards Udo

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[Dovecot] "doveadm log reopen" don't reopen seperate lmtp log
by Henrik Larsson 25 Sep '11

25 Sep '11

Dear all I have setup separate pop3/imap log "/var/log/dovecot" and lmtp delivery log "/var/log/dovecot-deliver". After rotating logfiles, i run "doveadm log reopen". I see that my pop3/imap log "/var/log/dovecot" is used straight away, but my lmpt log "/var/log/dovecot-deliver" isn't used at first. After some time, usually a few minutes, logs are being written to this file anyway. But if I compare this to my maillog, it misses some deliveries just after the log rotation. Is there any problems with this configuration that should be corrected? --cut-- # doveconf -n # 2.0.15: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 first_valid_uid = 125 hostname = mail.larsson.it listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot mail_plugins = fts fts_squat zlib mail_privileged_group = postfix mail_temp_dir = /var/db/dovecot 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 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { fts = squat fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /home/mail/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L unix_listener /home/mail/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/mail-chained.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/mail.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver mail_plugins = fts fts_squat zlib sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = fts fts_squat zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = fts fts_squat zlib imap_zlib } --cut-- Best regards Henrik Larsson

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[Dovecot] dsync doubts
by Piotr NetExpert 24 Sep '11

24 Sep '11

Hi everyone, I want to backup mailboxes to another server. A usage information for dsync says "... <remote dsync command>". Does it mean I need dsync installed on the other server too? Now when I try to run dsync I receive: # dsync -v -D -u abc backup ssh user(a)other.server dsync(username): Debug: Effective uid=123, gid=123, home=/path/abc dsync(username): Debug: maildir++: root=/path/abc, index=, control=, inbox=/path/abc dsync-local(abc): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /path/abc: mode=0700 gid=-1 Password: server: not found dsync-local(abc): Error: read() from worker server failed: EOF What could be wrong? How can I check what it wants to do and cannot? I cannot find more information I need in a wiki page of dsync. -- pozdrawiam Piotr Szafarczyk http://www.netexpert.pl

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[Dovecot] tiny doc bug report
by Jeff Rogers 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

First timer, I'm installing dovecot-2.0.15. I ran configure; make; sudo make install The INSTALL file then says: --- Rename configuration file: mv /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf Read through, and make needed modifications. --- The example configuration file is not installed in that location. Presumably it is now installed as /usr/local/share/doc/dovecot/example-config/dovecot.conf Unless this path difference is a quirk of my local system, the INSTALL directions should be fixed to avoid confusion. Thanks, -J

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[Dovecot] Using Dsync for Incremental Sync
by Asai 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

Greetings, We have about 26 GB of email which we're trying to sync nightly to a remote server, but what I just read from a post from Timo awhile back is that it's not possible because dsync relies on message GUIDs which aren't available in the IMAP protocol. It seems that this is still the case, is there anything on the horizon for this to change? -- *Asai* Global Change Multi-Media Internet Application Development IT and Networking Services 520-398-2542

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[Dovecot] How to port this dovecot-1.x configuration file to dovecot-2.x
by forumer＠smartmobili.com 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

Hi, I am trying to move from dovecot-1.x to dovecot 2.1 but I have this error : Sep 23 16:04:13 lda: Error: userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +r perm: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0755) and I dont' manage to find information about how to translate this old configuration part: socket listen { master { # Master socket provides access to userdb information. It's typically # used to give Dovecot's local delivery agent access to userdb so it # can find mailbox locations. path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root) user = vmail #group = } client { # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups # using it. path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0660 } Thanks

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[Dovecot] (2.1 recent:) fts_decoder
by Lutz Preßler 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

Hello again, test setup as in previous messages. With fts = lucene, I enabled the adapted decode2text.sh (at least I tried...) as suggested in the comment section. On dovecot-start /var/run/dovecot/decode2text socket is created with sufficiant permissions (rw for anybody), but decode2text.sh is not started (it's rx for anybody). When creating lucene indexes, I cannot see it executed either (and no attachment-only content is findable afterwards). No errors with mail_debug - if I change fts_decoder to a nonexistant value, that's logged. Lutz

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[Dovecot] 64.31.19.48 attempt to break into my computer
by Rick Baartman 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

>From my secure log: Sep 19 01:16:44 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Sep 19 01:16:44 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser= rhost=::ffff:64.31.19.48 Sep 19 01:16:44 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user aaron Sep 19 01:16:45 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Sep 19 01:16:45 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser= rhost=::ffff:64.31.19.48 Sep 19 01:16:45 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user abby etc. Literally, 30,000 user names attempted. -- rick baartman TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, BC V6T2A3

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Re: [Dovecot] 64.31.19.48 attempt to break into my computer
by Alex 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

It is a great tool. Unfortunately dovecot allows infinate incorrect logins during a single session. When fail2ban has firewalled the ip its pointless as the rule only affects new sessions, not established ones. I am disappointed that the author of dovecot has no interest in adding a feature that closes the session after x auth failures. It would certainly make tools like fail2ban more effective. ----- Reply message ----- From: "John Alexander" <john.alexander(a)preachain.org> Date: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 00:13 Subject: [Dovecot] 64.31.19.48 attempt to break into my computer To: <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Fail2Ban is an excellent tool to deal with this sort of thing. On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:05:47 -0700, Rick Baartman wrote > >From my secure log: > > Sep 19 01:16:44 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check > pass; user unknown > Sep 19 01:16:44 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser= > rhost=::ffff:64.31.19.48 > Sep 19 01:16:44 lin12 dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): > error retrieving information about user aaron

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