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[Dovecot] Fw: dovecot startup error message - RESOLVED (?)
by Spyros Tsiolis 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hello , Went to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf, hunted down "ssl_listen =" which I had set it up to "ssl_listen = required" and commented it out. Tried "service dovecot start" and it started. The USD2,000,000 question being : what does this do (I know , I know, I cannot remember, I documented all this for v1.2.14) and will I need it in the future ? THank you people, spyros ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis --- On Fri, 12/11/10, Spyros Tsiolis <stsiol(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > From: Spyros Tsiolis <stsiol(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [Dovecot] dovecot startup error message > To: "Dovecot" <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > Date: Friday, 12 November, 2010, 20:15 > Hello kind people, > > Any help on this would be appreciated. > > Dovecot v1.2.16. Freshly installed today. Comes up with > this during > service startup (CentOS 5.5 -> "service dovecot start" > <ENTER> : > > --------------------------- > Restarting DovecotFatal: ssl_listen: Can't resolve address > required: Name or service not known > --------------------------- > > Here's "dovecot -n" : > > --------------------------- > # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 > (Final) ext3 > base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ > log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log > ssl_listen: required > ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 > verbose_ssl: yes > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login > login_executable: > /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * > login_max_processes_count: 32 > mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > mail_plugins: zlib > auth default: > verbose: yes > debug: yes > debug_passwords: yes > passdb: > driver: passwd-file > args: /etc/dovecot/passwd > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: static > args: uid=vmail gid=vmail > home=/home/vmail/%u > userdb: > driver: passwd > --------------------------- > > Any help would greatly appreciated as this is a _live_ > system > and was supposed to work hours ago (whoooops !) :-) > > thank you kindly, > > spyros > > > > > > > > ---- > "I merely function as a channel that filters > music through the chaos of noise" > - Vangelis > > > >

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[Dovecot] Occasional fchown errors?
by Knute Johnson 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi: I get the occasional error below. Is there something I don't have configured correctly? Or should I just ignore this? It is not always this file, sometimes it is the cache.lock file or the log.newlock file. I have a mail client running on my computer and my phone at the same time, could that have something to do with it? Nov 10 08:32:59 rabbitbrush dovecot: IMAP(bob): fchown(/home/bob/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.tmp, -1, 8(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1000(bob), group based on /var/mail/bob) From dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Thanks very much, -- Knute Johnson

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[Dovecot] questions of how to connect to pop3s
by Scott Berry 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hello there, I am new to Dovecot and I am using version1.2.12. I have included the dovecot -n output: root@ubuntuSnoopBear:/home/scott# dovecot -n \# 1.2.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 10.10 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s listen: 995 ssl_key_password: nerdie1tech login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: pilotalknet.dyndns.org ready. mail_privileged_group: mail mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd What I need to ensure is that everything is correctly set for a pop3s server. I also need to know how to tell someone how to configure their mail client as the pop3 and smtp server. For example do I say pop.pilotalknet.ldyndns.org and smtp.pilotalknet.dyndns.org? The hostname is: pilotalknet.dyndns.org also is it still possible to check the working of the connection via a telnet connection doing: telnet pilotalknet.dyndns.org:995 or do I have to do something different? what I am achieving with the telnet connection is to ensure the pop server comes up with the greeting from dovecot. Thanks much.

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[Dovecot] (no subject)
by Radio Tron 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

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[Dovecot] alternate sendmail binary for sieve redirect OT
by Robert Schetterer 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi , this isnt really a dovecot/postfix question in dove lda, there is sendmail_path = someone tried other progs here like mini_sendmail ? http://www.acme.com/software/mini_sendmail/ i.e for using a default from forwarder address when sending redirects by sieve....is a stupid idea? background, some other mail providers use a default sender forwarder mailaddress when redirect this may avoid problems at forwarding with spf etc any other idea to reach this goal, pipe etc? -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] dove 2.0.7 virtual no mails INBOX pop3
by Robert Schetterer 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi Timo, i have no mails from INBOX over pop3 other folders work ok as well as imap like set Virtual POP3 INBOX namespace default { # type = private separator = / prefix = "" list = yes # hidden = no subscriptions = yes } namespace virtual { # type = private prefix = "virtual/" separator = / # location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++ location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual hidden = yes list = no subscriptions= no } namespace real { # type = private prefix = "RealMails/" separator = / list = no hidden = yes } namespace { type = shared separator = / # Mailboxes are visible under "shared/user@domain/" # %%n, %%d and %%u are expanded to the destination user. prefix = "shared/%%u/" #prefix = "shared/%%d/%%u/" # Mail location for other users' mailboxes. Note that %variables and ~/ # expands to the logged in user's data. %%n, %%d, %%u and %%h expand to the # destination user's data. #location = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%%u/:INDEX=~/shared/%%d/%%u/ location = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%%d/%%u/:INDEX=~/shared/%%d/%%u/ #Use the default namespace for saving subscriptions. subscriptions = no # List the shared/ namespace only if there are visible shared mailboxes. list = children inbox = no } /etc/dovecot/virtual/INBOX/dovecot-virtual RealMails/* -RealMails/Trash -RealMails/Trash/* -RealMails/Sent -RealMails/Sent/* -RealMails/Templates -RealMails/Templates/* -RealMails/Drafts -RealMails/Drafts/* -RealMails/Archives -RealMails/Archives/* unseen -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] correct syntax for multiple ports
by Kilburn Abrahams 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi, What is the correct format to specify multple ports in dovecot 2. With dovecot 1.2 listen = *:143 *:6188 worked fine. I cannot find any mention in the wiki2 about the different combinations of listen, address and port parameters and dovecot complains about the combinations I tried. Does not seem to work 1. inet_listener imap { listen = *:143 *:6188 } 2. inet_listener imap { address = *:143 *:6188 } 3. inet_listener imap { port = 143, 6188 or port = 143 6188 } This start dovecot, but roundcube will not connect on port 143, although Thunderbird will connect on 1432 and 6188 listen = *, :: 1. inet_listener imap { port 143 port = 6188 } Regards K

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[Dovecot] Phantom email message
by Marc Perkel 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Got sort of a strange problem on one email account. Everything works fine with Thunderbird/IMAP showing the correct unread message count. But on my DroidX smartphone one of my email accounts always shows one unread message, but I can't bring any unread messages up. It's like there's something there making it think there's a message when there isn't. The email client is K-9 mail Anyone have any ideas?

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[Dovecot] --exec-mail
by David Woodhouse 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Most of my IMAP access is achieved by 'ssh $mailhost exec dovecot --exec-mail imap'. I'm testing Dovecot 2.0, and this doesn't seem to work any more — and I can't seem to work out how to make it work. The wiki page at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 has no mention of it. I looked through the git history to find the commit that broke it and see if I could find the replacement that way, but it was the commit entitled 'Initial commit for v2.0 master rewrite.', and wasn't particularly edifying. Once upon a time in the dim and distant past, I believe I used to run /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap directly. But that doesn't set the environment up correctly, so isn't the right way to do it... is it? -- dwmw2

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[Dovecot] setting up Dovecot
by Scott Berry 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hello there, I am a new user of Dovecot. I am using version 1.2.12. Here is the config file: I attached the dovecot.conf file as a screenshot using dovecot -n because I am blind and haven't quite figured out how to copy from the terminal to Gnome yet. My intentions here are as follows: 1. To allow only pop3s because I want to use ssl for security. 2. I am going to be using fetchmail to grab the mail and give it to dovecot. 3. There will be three people adventually grabbing their mail through pop3s. Another question I have is when you tell someone to configure their mail client through pop3s how does that work as far as the server name meaning like most ISp's have pop.whatever.whatever.? Also I am using a smarthost with postfix to send out the mail through Google how do I tell someone how to configure the smtp server in their mail client such as Isp's such as smtp.whatever.whatever. I am using Windows for two of the clients with Windows Mail on a Vista machine and Windows Mail on a Windows 7 machine and Evolution on a Ubuntu linux machine. Looks to me like everything is copeastetic except for how to log in. The SSL cert file in "/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem" is a bit tricky cause I didn't create the cert so I am not sure of the password but I did try my normal root password. Not sure if that works. Other than this actually Dovecot is quite easy to config.

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