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[Dovecot] dovecot's documentation dearth
by Postmaster 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hello. The first thing for me to say is thanks! I've been using dovecot since test 61 and it has basically performed flawlessly for me from day number 1. Dovecot makes me look like a genius sysadmin, especially compared to my colleagues struggling with exchange. So thanks, gracias, obrigado!! I'm working on a configuration for 2.0 and I'm finding the documentation somewhat difficult. I think it would be very helpful to me to have encountered a single page that detailed all available configuration sections. I don't know how to find out what the sections are, when to use them or what specifically they control. So far I've encountered... passdb plugin service protocol userdb local_name (and I think there is another one of these for ips) The service section itself would benefit from a single page detailing all of the possible types of service sections available. The next problem I've had is discovering that several parts of dovecot have no documentation at all even though they are standalone executables run by root. config, log, and ssl_params all run as root but there is also anvil and they look to me like they could support listening on a port if inet_interfaces is defined. You can say, "Relax fella, trust me. These programs are all part of dovecot and are run only if they're needed." Then I'll say, "Yes but I'm the administrator. I need to know how the parts fit together to know if the system's broken." Then you say, "Well that makes sense, but the things you're talking about aren't really configured. They are mostly internal to dovecot, they just happen to be broken out into external programs. You may as well be asking for documentation on a specific function in a library. If that's what you want, you can read through the source code." Well I guess that would be one solution. The bottom line is that it gives me an uncomfortableness to not be able to control or explain the operation of the software I'm supposedly administering. Take the program named log (which should be named dovecot-log or something less generic), it is launched even though I've specified syslog in the configuration. Logging is not interrupted when the process is killed. So, why is it running? What is it doing? Why does it need root? How do I control it? I think these are all good questions for an administrator to ask. That's my feedback for what it's worth, but mostly, thanks again for dovecot!

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[Dovecot] Default and per-User sieve script
by Patrick Westenberg 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hi guys, is there any way to configure Dovecot to process the default sieve script and, after that, a user specific script? I have a default script to sort spam into a spam folder but if a user specific script is present, the default script is ignored. sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_path = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve Regards Patrick

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[Dovecot] dovecot deadlock with procmail
by kunal verma 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

I m using dovecot 1.0.7. I m having problems in mail delivery to my mail server locally. When a user sends a mail few mails are in mail Q for longer period of time. The local delivery agent(*procmail*) is trying to deliver the mail at regular interval but it is unable to deliver. But as soon as I *restart* *dovecot* the mails in the Q are delivered immediately. I suspect it is because of locking of *mbox* file of users by dovecot. How to overcome this problem as mails are some mails are taking hours to be delivered?? please let me know the solution. Kunal Verma

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[Dovecot] Large Mailbox Slow
by Matt 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Doubt if there is any answer to this but will ask anyway. Have a few pop3 accounts with thousands of messages. Its slow when checking email naturally. Are there any tweaks to speed it up? I imagine there is an exchange of the message and header list which is the slow down. Too bad the list could not be compressed with gzip or something first. I think http has an option similar to that. Just asking.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Postfix and ssl_require_client_cert
by mezzo 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hi, I have a working mail system with postfix 2.7 and dovecot 1.2.15. I use secure connections for imap and smtp. When I try to use client certificate authorisation I have some problems. As soon as I enable the dovecot feature ssl_require_client_cert I have to present a valid certificate to receive or send email. Receiving emails works fine, but I can not send emails any more. The only way I could get this to work was to disable smtpd_sasl_auth_enable so postfix did not tries to get authorisation from dovecot. This way I can not have sasl authorisation for localnet and client certificate authorisation from extern. The reson seams to be that postfix does not sent the valid-client-cert along with the other parameter that are needed to satisfy the auth-process of dovecot. I found a few threads from 2008 where this problem is discussed but without a final solution. Is there a way to enable ssl_require_client_cert in dovecot and have smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes in postfix? Better would be a way to tell dovecot only to use ssl_require_client_cert during the imap autorisation. I did not get it to work. I miss something? Cheers mezzo -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Dovecot-Postfix-and-ssl_require_client_cert-tp3230766… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Update indexes with dovecot 1.1
by Angel L. Mateo 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hello, I have a farm of dovecot 1.1 servers (debian lenny). Mailboxes are in Maildir format. Is there any way to manually update indexes? Does it worth? I mean... Our problem is that mail is delivered via dovecot lda, but, because we have a farm of servers, we don't guarantee that mail is delivered through the same server that the user is using for his imap connection, so the imap server could have this index unupdated. So I want to force an update (or at least nearly updated) in order to have the index updated in all servers at the time the user get to work. -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información _o) y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) / \\ http://www.um.es/atica _(___V Tfo: 868887590 Fax: 868888337

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[Dovecot] Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands
by Steve Fatula 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Using current Apple mail 4.5 as client to Dovecot 2.0.13 I see lots of these messages in the log file for one machine and account. Near as I can tell, the client still works (it's mine), but, the messages concern me. Is there some known issue with Apple mail, or, if not, how to capture the information needed to debug? Sample log entires for my user matching on the message: Aug 20 16:28:36 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=3242/14672 Aug 20 16:28:43 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=14219/231327 Aug 20 16:29:50 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=640/1968 Aug 20 16:29:57 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=3521/2024 Aug 20 16:30:04 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=6690/3415 Aug 20 16:30:05 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=5098/15294 Aug 20 16:30:06 host2 dovecot: imap(soho.steve): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. bytes=706/15684 Steve

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[Dovecot] Duplicate Email with Dovecot Sieve
by Holden Hao 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

I am trying to use Dovecot Sieve after upgrading Dovecot from 1.0.15 to 1.2.17. I used the same config file from the old version but I added some entries to make sieve work. In my initial tests, sieve works and is able to do the actions that I set it to do. However, I get 2 copies of incoming emails. The inbox would always preserve a copy even if the sieve filter is set to transfer emails to another folder or redirect it to another address. The logs do not seem to report any issues. I don't know what causes the problem and I would appreciate some pointers. Here are some more details of my setup: OS: Linux 2.6.24.2 Dovecot: 1.2.17 Dovecot Sieve:0.1.19 Manage Sieve:0.11.13 MTA: Qmail 1.03 dovecot -n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 1.2.17: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.24.2 i686 Debian lenny/sid log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp: protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve ssl_cert_file: /var/dir/etc/certificates/server.crt ssl_key_file: /var/dir/etc/certificates/server.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login login_greeting: Welcome login_process_size: 32 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 1000 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): UID%u-%v pop3_uidl_format(managesieve): %08Xu%08Xv managesieve_logout_format(default): bytes=%i/%o managesieve_logout_format(imap): bytes=%i/%o managesieve_logout_format(pop3): bytes=%i/%o managesieve_logout_format(managesieve): bytes ( in=%i : out=%o ) namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. location: maildir:~/Maildir inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)xxxxxxxxxx.org mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda mail_plugins: quota sieve sendmail_path: /var/qmail/bin/sendmail log_path: /var/log/dovecot-deliver-errors.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log auth default: verbose: yes passdb: driver: checkpassword args: /var/qmail/bin/auth_pop userdb: driver: prefetch plugin: quota: maildir sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve -------------------------------------------------------------------- from: dovecot-deliver.log -------------------------------------------------------------------- deliver(user): Info: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda deliver(user): Info: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so deliver(user): Info: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib90_sieve_plugin.so deliver(user): Info: Quota root: name= backend=maildir args= deliver(user): Info: Namespace: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=1, subscriptions=yes deliver(user): Info: maildir: data=/home/user/Maildir deliver(user): Info: maildir++: root=/home/user/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/user/Maildir deliver(user): Info: sieve: using sieve path for user's script: /home/user/.dovecot.sieve deliver(user): Info: sieve: opening script /home/user/.dovecot.sieve deliver(user): Info: sieve: executing compiled script /home/user/.dovecot.sieve deliver(user): Info: sieve: msgid=< CAJNnNYmQpmEopFfT3+_qHvXYxf3v-4bzv9ojJqGfRtcddnTg8g(a)mail.gmail.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'Inbox.Test' Thanks in advance for your replies. Holden

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[Dovecot] Help With 'No SASL Authentication Mechanisms' Error
by research＠the10thfloor.com 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi, I'm trying to configure a new server with dovecot 2.0 and postfix 2.6.6. My previous servers have all been dovecot 1.x. Trying to port over my previous configurations has been a real headache. Currently, I'm getting the following errors when trying to connect with: openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect localhost:25 Aug 21 19:08:46 localhost postfix/smtpd[26252]: connect from localhost[::1] Aug 21 19:08:46 localhost postfix/smtpd[26252]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: Permission denied Aug 21 19:08:46 localhost postfix/smtpd[26252]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Aug 21 19:08:47 localhost postfix/master[26226]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 26252 exit status 1 Aug 21 19:08:47 localhost postfix/master[26226]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. My Dovecot and Postfix configuration changes are below... Thanks, slevytam --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOVECOT: # 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_verbose = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/passwd driver = passwd-file } protocols = imap lmtp service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mail_the10thfloor_com.crt ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mail_the10thfloor_com-nopass.key userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/passwd driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes verbose_ssl = yes POSTFIX: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_directory = no inet_interfaces = localhost inet_protocols = all mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = localhost mydomain = the10thfloor.com myhostname = mail.the10thfloor.com myorigin = $mydomain newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/mail_the10thfloor_com.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/mail_the10thfloor_com-nopass.key smtpd_tls_security_level = may soft_bounce = no tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_gid_maps = static:502 virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail/ virtual_mailbox_domains = the10thfloor.com virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmailbox virtual_uid_maps = static:502

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2.16 and Thunderbird 5 - pop3 mails not getting deleted
by Ian Evans 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

I run a Dovecot 1.2.16 pop3 server and have just started using the Thunderbird 5 email client. Thunderbird is set to leave the messages on the server unless they are over 91 days old. However, I'm not seeing it delete any of the older messages. I'll run a debug run of Thunderbird when I get back home, but I'm just wondering if there's any gotcha's I should be aware of with Thunderbird and Dovecot in a pop3 environment. The Thunderbird folks are wondering if it's the server not the client. Thanks.

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