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[Dovecot] Auto delete older messages in SPAM folder
by Thiago Henrique 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello, I use Cyrus in my mailservers and I intend to migrate it to Dovecot. Cyrus has a setting that purge the emails from a mailbox under a pre-defined criteria. For example: EVENTS { ... # At 12:01 delete messages older than 60 days in SPAM folder deletespam cmd="ipurge -d 60 -f user/*/SPAM" at=1201 } Is there in Dovecot any setting like this ? Thank you. -- []'s Thiago Henrique Network Administration Digirati Networks K8 Networks

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[Dovecot] Problems converting to maildir with dsync in 2.0.6
by Nicholas Riley 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

I'm trying to convert from an old Dovecot (1.0.15) and mbox to a new Dovecot and maildir. I'm running into several problems with dsync which are causing my mboxes not to convert. If I use LAYOUT=fs (as I'd prefer) I get an error because I have a mailbox called "subscriptions", and none of my messages convert. Is there a way to get dovecot to put its own metadata in dotfiles instead? (I guess I can rename my mailbox too :-) % dsync mirror mbox:~/Mail dsync(nriley): Error: read() failed with subscription file /home/nriley/Maildir/subscriptions: Is a directory dsync(nriley): Error: Can't update subscription +/INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2010-10-21 20:17:55] [...] Also, what "server log" is it referring to above? So I tried without LAYOUT=fs, and dsync successfully converts some mailboxes, then crashes: % dsync mirror mbox:~/Mail dsync(nriley): Error: Maildir: 6ef533cd4cdb1fd454b0226bfc851bb3:2, changed UID 1846529 -> 1846531 dsync(nriley): Panic: file maildir-save.c: line 892 (maildir_save_sync_uidlist): assertion failed: (ret > 0) dsync(nriley): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0xb7ea21f1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_fatal_handler+0x47) [0xb7ea2317] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0xb7ea2544] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(maildir_transaction_save_commit_ pre+0x858) [0xb7f2ab58] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 [0xb7f2501f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_transaction_commit_fu ll+0x85) [0xb7f67eb5] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_transaction_commit+0x94) [0xb7f24c14] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_transaction_commit_get_c hanges+0x42) [0xb7efeaa2] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x8056ed2] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x80570f0] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_worker_select_mailbox+0x2e) [0x8055b2e] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x80507e6] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x8050a3b] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_brain_msg_sync_new_msgs+0x12) [0x8050c12] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_brain_msg_sync_more+0x2e1) [0x8050261] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_brain_sync+0x309) [0x804e949] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x804f953] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_brain_sync+0x72e) [0x804ed6e] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x804f7d0] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_brain_sync+0x55d) [0x804eb9d] -> /usr/bin/dsync(dsync_brain_sync_all+0x18) [0x804f668] -> /usr/bin/dsync(main+0x5a1) [0x804da51] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7d29455] -> /usr/bin/dsync [0x804d2e1] [1] 30528 abort dsync mirror mbox:~/Mail I tried running it in GDB but that crashed GDB, so hopefully the above info is OK... % gdb --args dsync mirror mbox:~/Mail (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/dsync mirror mbox:\~/Mail [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New process 30652] Executing new program: /usr/bin/doveconf warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: generic error warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: generic error warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: generic error warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: generic error [New process 30652] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [1] 30651 segmentation fault gdb -q --args dsync mirror mbox:~/Mail I'm using the Debian packages from rename-it.nl. Here is doveconf -n output: # 2.0.6 (aaca506ea33b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18.8-linode22 i686 Debian 5.0.6 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INBOX=~/Maildir/INBOX 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 = / } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } -- Nicholas Riley <njriley(a)illinois.edu>

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[Dovecot] Recommendation for OCFS2 filesystem type
by Andre Nathan 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello When creating an OCFS2 filesystem, one can specify a "filesystem type" option: -T filesystem-type Specify how the filesystem is going to be used, so that mkfs.ocfs2 can chose optimal filesystem parameters for that use. The supported filesystem types are: mail Appropriate for file systems which will have many meta data updates. Creates a larger journal. datafiles Appropriate for file systems which will host a rela‐ tively small number of very large files. A small journal is selected. Cluster size will be at least 128K. Considering I'm using a separate partition for the dovecot indices, and that I'm using mdbox, would it be more appropriate to use 'datafiles' for the mail location partition and 'mail' just for the indices? Or would 'mail' be appropriate for both even with the larger files created by mdbox? Thanks, Andre

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[Dovecot] Shared folders, please help.!
by Johan Hendriks 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello all, First of all sorry for this, it has been discussed many times, but i can not make it work. I tried for a long time now. I do something wrong, but i do not know what. First of all, i have virtual users, with virtual domains. Mail is stored in /usr/local/virtual/domain name/user So if my domain is domain.com and my e-mail address is johan(a)domain.com the directory is /usr/local/virtual/domain.com/johan i followed the wiki, and my configuration looks like the following. beasty dovecot # dovecot -n # 2.0.5: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE amd64 ufs auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes dict { acl = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-acl-sql.conf quotadict = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 1004 first_valid_uid = 1004 last_valid_gid = 1004 last_valid_uid = 1004 log_timestamp = .%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S . mail_access_groups = vmail mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 1004 mail_location = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%n mail_uid = 1004 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 mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { inbox = no list = children location = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%%d/%%n/shared/:INDEX=/shared/%%n prefix = shared/%%d/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_anyone = allow acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Junk autocreate3 = Sent autocreate4 = Drafts autocreate5 = Templates autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Junk autosubscribe3 = Sent autosubscribe4 = Drafts autosubscribe5 = Templates quota = dict:::proxy::quotadict quota_warning = storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 quota_warning2 = storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = 192.168.50.200 port = 143 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = 192.168.50.200 port = 110 } } ssl = no userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate acl imap_acl mail_log notify } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota trash pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mail_plugins = quota acl mail_log notify postmaster_address = postmaster(a)test.com sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail } That is my config file. My dovecot-dict-acl-sql.conf looks like the following connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=password map { pattern = shared/shared-boxes/$to/$from table = user_shares value_field = dummy fields { from_user = $from to_user = $to } } That is slightly different than the wiki says, if i use that , it gives me an error. the pattern on the wiki looks like this pattern = shared/shared-boxes/users/$to/$from if i login as user johan and set ACL on my INBOX i do it this way. i telnet to the server and issue the following beasty dovecot # telnet 192.168.50.200 143 Trying 192.168.50.200... Connected to beasty.localdomain.local. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] imap, pop ready a login johan(a)domain.com mypass a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in b SETACL INBOX hans(a)domain.com lr b OK Setacl complete. c GETACL INBOX * ACL "INBOX" "hans(a)domain.com" lr "johan(a)domain.com" lrwstipekxacd c OK Getacl completed. This looks good i guess, also my database is filled, with the from and to ! But i can not see the mailbox if i login as user hans. beasty dovecot # telnet 192.168.50.200 143 Trying 192.168.50.200... Connected to beasty.localdomain.local. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] imap, pop ready a login hans(a)domain.com hanspass a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in b list "" * * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Junk" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Drafts" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Templates" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" b OK List completed. c list "" /shared/* c OK List completed. If been trying this for a very long time now, but can not see what i am missing. It must be something i ovelook, but i really can not find out what. I also tried some other configs from the mailing list, but still the same, no go. Thank you for your time to help another one with this issue. i am a little ashamed :D regards, Jo

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[Dovecot] problem with subscriptions=no and changed separator ?
by Lutz Preßler 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello, Dovecot 2.0.5+ (Debian "automatic package" 2.0.5-0~auto+5). If I use the following namespace definitions namespace personal { inbox = yes location = maildir:~/Maildir separator = ^ prefix = type = private } namespace others { type = shared separator = ^ prefix = shared^%%u^ location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u subscriptions = no list = children } namespace virtual { location = virtual:~/Maildir/virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++ separator = ^ prefix = virtual^ type = private } (virtual should not matter, but I have not tested without.) I have problems with subscriptions for the shared mailboxes: SUBSCRIBE ^shared^user^box leads to entry shared^user^box in ~/Maildir/subscriptions file. All subscriptions for folders in personal namespace use the "layout" separator (".") thought. LSUB "" "*" does not show the just subscribed folder, but it does after I manually change the entry to read shared.user.box Bug? Thanks for your work, Lutz -- Lutz Preßler <Lutz.Pressler(a)SerNet.DE> http://www.SerNet.DE/ SerNet Service Network GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, D-37081 Göttingen Tel.: +49-551-370000-2, FAX: +49-551-370000-9 AG Göttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen

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[Dovecot] shared folders general question
by Johan Hendriks 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello all. Thanks to the patience off Timo i finally got my shared folders working. I have one more question. Is it possible if you share the inbox, that all subfolders will be visable to. I can not see the subfolders of the shared inbox. This is not very useful if the user which shares his inbox, has sieve rules active that stores e-mail directly into subfolders. Thanks regards, Johan

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[Dovecot] 2.0.5 Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server.
by Veiko Kukk 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

Hello, Upgraded from 1.2.x to 2.0.5, converted configuration as described in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 and now I'm unable to log in to imap server. Dovecot error.log shows: Oct 21 09:52:48 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=13338, input bytes=0 Oct 21 09:52:48 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=13364, input bytes=0 Oct 21 09:52:48 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=13337, input bytes=0 Oct 21 09:52:48 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=13350, input bytes=0 Oct 21 09:52:48 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=13335, input bytes=0 Oct 21 09:52:48 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=13360, input bytes=0 I'm using pam with winbind for authentication. /etc/pam.d/dovecot contains: auth required pam_winbind.so account sufficient pam_winbind.so And it used to work perfectly with 1.1 and 1.2 series of dovecot. What could be the problem with 2.0.5? -- Veiko

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[Dovecot] Manual login to SSL-protected port?
by Ron Leach 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

List, good afternoon, Dovecot and mail clients work fine. Several recent postings mention trying telnet to check this or that and, since I was considering using a spreadsheet plug-in to analyse some mail statistics by directly connecting to the server, I thought I'd try to test what the command sequence was that I might be able to use, and what message data was available (headers etc). We use only SSL-protected ports. Is it possible to manually login to dovecot when dovecot uses SSL-protected imap ports? I've tried telnet and the telnet localhost 993 login user pass resulted in connection closure, as I (think I) would expect because telnet doesn't use SSL (does it?). I checked man telnet and it described authentication options but when I tried telnet localhost 993 auth enable ? to check what auth protocols it allows, the connection closed. I tried SSH but it just 'hung' - presumably SSH expects an SSH server at the other end, not dovecot. Is it possible to manually login to a dovecot SSL imap port? regards, Ron

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[Dovecot] Public Folders for spam/nospam -> don't get it
by Denny Schierz 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

hi, Dovecot: 2.0.5 I want to use public folders (maildir), for my spam mails to feed spamassassin, but I don't get it working. My Evolution 2.28.3 (nothing else tested) can't subscribe the folders: namespace { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = INBOX/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { hidden = no inbox = no list = children location = maildir:/home/vmail/public:LAYOUT=fs prefix = public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } angelica:/etc/dovecot/conf.d# ls -l /home/vmail/public/ total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 11 Oct 23 14:14 dovecot-acl -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 45 Oct 23 13:56 dovecot-acl-list -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 48 Oct 24 19:22 dovecot.mailbox.log drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 4096 Oct 23 14:03 nospam drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 4096 Oct 23 14:03 spam -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 12 Oct 24 19:22 subscriptions # cat /home/vmail/public/dovecot-acl anyone lrp, also in subfolders spam/nospam I tested several configurations, but nothing works. Sometimes I can see the folders, but can't subscribe them (invalid/unknown namespace), sometime I don't see the folders ... does anyone has an answer for me ? cu denny

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[Dovecot] ldap whithout base
by Antonio Perez-Aranda 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

It's possible to configure a ldap passdb and userdb without base? Now, it's running but it can't authenticate users and it sent a message like that after . login . NO [UNAVAILABLE] Temporary authentication failure.

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