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[Dovecot] index storage usage
by Giorgenes Gelatti 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hello there, I failed in finding the answer in the wiki so i'm asking it here. In average, how much the dovecot's indexes increase the usage of storage, compared to a standard maildir mailbox? I believe it would be a function of the number of messages instead of the message's size. Is there a known aproximated function for that? Thank you. gpg

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[Dovecot] Cannot get the libwrap patch work
by Tahir riaz 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hello there, I have been trying to make the patch work for libwrap(TCP Wrappers) posted on http://dovecot.org/patches <http://dovecot.org/patches%20Patch%20of%201.1> Patch of 1.1 but could not get it work. Any help will be highly appreciated. After compiling and running it I get error "Error: login_tcp_wrappers can't be used because Dovecot wasn't built with libwrap" Dovecot Version dovecot-1.1.5 OS CENTOS 5.1 Thankyou Tahir Riaz Assistant Director (Systems) COMSATS Internet Services COMSATS Headquarters Building 9, Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2 Islamabad.

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[Dovecot] Problem witch dovecot-auth
by Grzegorz Zalewski 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hello i`m post in this mailing list first time. I`ve debian Etch witch dovecot version 1.2.alpha3 from: deb http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ experimental-auto main I`m installing this version dovecot becouse this version solved my problem witch imap problem. It`s working but once or twice times for a day i have error in log: -------- dovecot: 2008-11-06 22:11:59 Error: auth(default): Raw backtrace: dovecot-auth [0x8075761] -> dovecot-auth [0x80757e2] -> dovecot-auth [0x8075179] -> dovecot-auth [0x805c478] -> dovecot-auth(io_loop_handle_timeouts+0xe9) [0x8078629] -> dovecot-auth(io_loop_handler_run+0x82) [0x8078eb2] -> dovecot-auth(io_loop_run+0x20) [0x80783d0] -> dovecot-auth(main+0x28c) [0x805e07c] -> /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7a7b455] -> dovecot-auth [0x8053cd1]dovecot: 2008-11-06 22:11:59 Error: child 28945 (auth) killed with signal 6 -------- my dovecot configuration is: -------- # 1.2.alpha3: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf# OS: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 i686 Debian 4.0log_path: /var/log/dovecot.loglog_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%Sprotocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3sssl_listen(default): my_ip:993ssl_listen(imap): my_ip:993ssl_listen(pop3): my_ip:995ssl_cert_file: /etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot.pemssl_key_file: /etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot.pemverbose_ssl: yeslogin_dir: /var/run/dovecot/loginlogin_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-loginlogin_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-loginlogin_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-loginlogin_greeting: POP readyverbose_proctitle: yesmail_access_groups: postfixmail_location: maildir:~/Maildirmail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imapmail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imapmail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imapmail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imapmail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3imap_client_workarounds: outlook-idlepop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nulsauth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd -------- Have anyone any idea what is wrong ??

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[Dovecot] (1.0.13) fsync failed: Disk quota exceeded for some accounts
by Eric Marin 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hello all, We've recently migrated the mail server used by our 5000 students, from Tru64/UW-IMAP/Procmail/Postfix/mbox to Debian Etch/Dovecot/Deliver/Postfix/Maildir E-mails are not stored directly on the server (except for index and control files), but on an NAS that exports the students' homedirs on NFS. Each student has a 100MB quota on the NAS. Here is the configuration : vega:~# dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 listen: [::] ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no login_process_size: 32 login_max_processes_count: 1024 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/mail/control/%u maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: mail/ hidden: yes auth default: cache_size: 1024 passdb: driver: pam args: blocking=yes cache_key=%u dovecot userdb: driver: passwd args: blocking=yes When one mails a student that has filled his quota, one immediately receives this message : "Your message to <studentx> was automatically rejected: Not enough disk space Reporting-UA: vega; Dovecot Mail Delivery Agent Final-Recipient: rfc822; studentx Original-Message-ID: <490F0A9A.8030109(a)utc.fr> Disposition: automatic-action/MDN-sent-automatically; deleted" And in /var/log/mail.log : (...) save failed to INBOX: Not enough disk space (...) Rejected: Not enough disk space So far, so good, except that for *some* users (and I can't seem to find anything unusual about their account), one gets this in /var/log/mail.log : Nov 6 10:42:24 vega deliver(studentx): fsync(/voletu/users/studentx/Maildir/tmp/1225964544.P25878Q0M80993.vega) failed: Disk quota exceeded Nov 6 10:42:24 vega deliver(studentx): msgid=<2254E7BC-665D-4599-B719-825E3A58DC1D(a)utc.fr>: save failed to INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-11-06 10:42:24] Nov 6 10:42:24 vega postfix/local[25827]: 010F45EC18: to=<studentx(a)vega.utc.fr>, orig_to=<studentx(a)etu.utc.fr>, relay=local, delay=0.2, delays=0.02/0/0/0.17, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) So for *some* users, it seems that Deliver doesn't detect that there isn't enough space, it tries to write the e-mail and of course fails, then reports an error, and Postfix interprets this as a temporary error and retries later. After about a week : vega:~# qshape deferred T 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 1280+ TOTAL 500 1 4 3 9 12 6 8 17 140 300 etu.utc.fr 499 1 4 3 9 12 6 8 17 139 300 vega.utc.fr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 For the students that have this problem (about 30 for now), this happens *even* if I delete ~studentx/Maildir, /var/mail/index/studentx and /var/mail/control/studentx, let Deliver recreate the necessary files (by sending the user a mail) so that everything is clean, artificially fill the quota with a big file in the homedir, then send a mail again. It gets deferred... I have looked at the changelog for Dovecot, but have not found a clear clue that is a bug (if it is !) that has already been corrected in a more recent version... Though if possible, I'd like to keep the Debian package (from etch-backports) instead of compiling it from source. Also, while I've found Dovecot's wiki to be surprisingly informative, there are still a few points that did not seem very clear : - should I use the quota:fs plugin in this case (it seems to work out well without it for most users) ? - would it work in v1.0.13 on NFS ? - if it worked, and I enabled it, what would change for me ? - what is *supposed* to happen without the quota plugin when a user has filled his quota : mail is rejected, or mail is deferred ? - and what about imap_quota ? Best regards, Eric

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[Dovecot] Compiling dovecot 1.1.6 with ICC
by Steve 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hello list I have compiled PostgreSQL with ICC (Intel C/C++ compiler) and this forces me to compile dovecot 1.1.6 as well with ICC. Trying to compile it with GCC fails, telling me it can not build with PostgreSQL support since it can not find libpq (but libpq is there!). The funny part is that I can compile dovecot 1.1.6 with GCC 4.3.2 against MySQL which is build with ICC. But I can not build against PostgreSQL build with ICC. Why is that? Does any one know the reason why PostgreSQL is treated differently then MySQL in dovecot? Well... so no way to get around to build dovecote with ICC. I can build dovecot with ICC but as soon as I start it, I get a crash. Loading the core dump into GDB does not give me much info. Probably because I have not compiled dovecot with debug symbols. Currently I am doing that. Hopefully this will produce better core dumps. I will post more info as soon as I get them. But in the mean time maybe some one has a hint for me how to get dovecot 1.1.6 to build properly with ICC? // Steve -- GMX Download-Spiele: Preizsturz! Alle Puzzle-Spiele Deluxe über 60% billiger. http://games.entertainment.gmx.net/de/entertainment/games/download/puzzle/i…

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Re: [Dovecot] [Postfixadmin-devel] Quota not working ?
by Marko Weber 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hello Michiel, i sent 2 further mails with 4mb attachement no quota warning, mails was delivered to user. is the "multiplier" in the postfixadmin the wrong one ? or is there a setting that MUST be in main.cf of postfix ? marko Michiel van Baak schrieb: > On 17:20, Thu 06 Nov 08, Marko Weber wrote: > >> Hi Michiel, >> i tried your hints. >> but seems not to go with quota. >> >> i send an 11mb mp3 to user and after that an 6mb mp3 >> the quota is set in postfixadmin to 15mb, so it should send a mail that >> quota is reached or not ? >> > > I think it will send the email on the next mail. > 11 mb != quota reached. 6mb = one email so I think it will go through. > Can you test by sending yet another email now that the user is over > quota? > > >> do i have to set any special on postfixadmin config ? >> maybe its the quota multiplier ? >> >> >> in the postfixadmin config for quota is this = >> >> // Default Domain Values >> // Specify your default values below. Quota in MB. >> $CONF['aliases'] = '15'; >> $CONF['mailboxes'] = '15'; >> $CONF['maxquota'] = '15'; >> >> // Quota >> // When you want to enforce quota for your mailbox users set this to 'YES'. >> $CONF['quota'] = 'YES'; >> // You can either use '1024000' or '1048576' >> $CONF['quota_multiplier'] = '1024000'; >> >> 10240000 is also in the mysql db as "quota" in the quota field for the >> mail where i send the mp3?s >> >> any ideas ? >> >> marko >> >> >> >> >> >> Michiel van Baak schrieb: >> >>> On 00:58, Wed 05 Nov 08, Marko Weber wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I set this in the postfixadmin config.file = >>>> >>>> // Default Domain Values >>>> // Specify your default values below. Quota in MB. >>>> $CONF['aliases'] = '15'; >>>> $CONF['mailboxes'] = '15'; >>>> $CONF['maxquota'] = '15'; >>>> >>>> // Quota >>>> // When you want to enforce quota for your mailbox users set this to 'YES'. >>>> $CONF['quota'] = 'YES'; >>>> // You can either use '1024000' or '1048576' >>>> $CONF['quota_multiplier'] = '15728640'; >>>> >>>> >>>> i gave on postfix admin backend the domain = >>>> >>>> domain settings >>>> --------- >>>> aliase = -1 >>>> mailbox = 12 >>>> max quota 15 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> i created a mailbox for this domain and set for this mailbox 15mb quota >>>> >>>> i send an 11mb mp3 to this box and get this = >>>> >>>> This is the mail system at host xxxxxxxx.de. >>>> >>>> I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not >>>> be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. >>>> >>>> For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. >>>> >>>> If you do so, please include this problem report. You can >>>> delete your own text from the attached returned message. >>>> >>>> The mail system >>>> >>>> <xxxx(a)xxxx.de>: message size 15075956 exceeds size limit 10240000 of >>>> server xxxxxxx.de[xxx.xxx.243.37] >>>> >>>> Any ideas why i get size limit 10240000 ???? >>>> >>>> >>> In the main postfix configuration you can set the maximum message size. >>> As you can see, the default is 10MB per message. >>> >>> To remove all size limits and let the quota actually apply try setting >>> this in your main.cf and reload postfix: >>> >>> mailbox_size_limit = 0 >>> message_size_limit = 0 >>> virtual_mailbox_limit = 0 >>> >>> Good luck. >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Postfixadmin-devel mailing list >> Postfixadmin-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/postfixadmin-devel >> > >

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[Dovecot] Strange and sudden deletion of mails messages
by נור דאוד 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hello everyone, I'm having a bizarre problem (bug?) concerning deletion of messages from one of the mailboxes. The platform is set up as follows: FreeBSD 7-STABLE Postfix 2.6-20080411 Dovecot 1.0.13 Webmail using RoundCube 0.1-STABLE The trace (in Postfox logs) revealed that the message has been actually received, and saved to maildir, and then viewed once in Webmail. Hitting Reply in Webmail produced an error, and the letter (somehow) was nowhere to be found on the server! I have no clue what's the cause of this. Is there a way in Dovecot to catch all commands sent to the server, thus revealing who in effect deleted the message? Thanks in advance. Noor

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[Dovecot] feature request for dovecot 1.2 Master users/passwords for virtual domain admins
by Robert Schetterer 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi Timo, currently superadmins can be configured in dovecot i.e in mysql as "superadmins" this means the can log in in any mailbox on the server this is a very nice feature in real world scenarios specially for support people in postfixadmin i.e there are also defined domainadmins ( this is for delegate usermail creation/delete etc in the postfixadmingui ) in mysql it would be nice to have or simply use postfixadmins mysql domainadmins in mysql table entries to login for domainadmins only login to mailboxes of their related maildomain this would be also massiv helpfull for postmasters/support people in a full virtual setup perhaps you might get this in dovecot 1.2 before closing at beta stage -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] How do I use plus-addressing in Dovecot 1.1.x?
by Jon Fullmer 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

I'm using Postfix, Amavisd-new/SpamAssassin, and Dovecot. They all run on the same server (running Linux). The mailboxes are stored on the same server in maildir format. The logical path for incoming messages (as I understand it) is: 1) received by Postfix; handed off to Amavisd-new 2) Amavisd-new checks to see whether or not it's spam/undesirable; hands off to Dovecot deliver 3) Dovecot deliver delivers the message to the local mailbox Under each of my user's mailbox is a submailbox called "spam". Just so I don't confuse terminologies (I'm no IMAP/maildir expert), for example, we have someone(a)domain.com. My configured mail_location is "maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%n", so this person's mailbox is located here: / srv/mail/domain.com/someone/ Within this directory is another mailbox: /srv/mail/domain.com/someone/.spam/ The plan is to have Dovecot deliver send a message (which has been labeled by Amavisd-new as spam) directly to the ".spam" submailbox, instead of the INBOX (/srv/mail/domain.com/someone/). With Dovecot 1.0.x, I used "plus addressing". Amavisd-new was configured so that, if a message was found to be spam, it delivered the message to Dovecot deliver, but changed the delivery address. Now, instead of "someone(a)domain.com ", it was "someone+spam(a)domain.com". Dovecot deliver took this message and delivered it correctly to the ".spam" submailbox (/srv/mail/ domain.com/someone/.spam/) Just to emphasize, this process does work (using Dovecot 1.0.x). With Dovecot 1.1.0, this process is broken. Now, spam messages are delivered to the INBOX instead, and, when checking the dovecot- deliver.log, I'm seeing "save failed to spam: Unknown namespace". As best as I can tell, the answer seems to lie in "namespaces" as a feature added in Dovecot 1.1.0. The problem is that I don't understand how I could use them to resolve this situation. I've read the documentation. I've looked at as many example configurations as I could find. Please help. I want to get this working again. I'm sure it's something very straight-forward, but I don't understand. How must I change my Dovecot 1.1.x configuration so that my "plus addressing" set up (detailed above) will work again? Or is there a better way? Thanks so much for your help, and thanks for a great product! - Jon

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[Dovecot] (v1.1.6) Fatal: userdb didn't return a home directory, but mail location used it (%h)
by Zhang Huangbin 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, all. I upgrade to 1.1.6, but the same config didn't work now. Error message while start dovecot: ----<---- Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: userdb didn't return a home directory, but mail location used it (%h): /%Lh/%Ld/%Ln/:INDEX=/%Lh/%Ld/%Ln/ Error: imap dump-capability process returned 89 Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot.conf ----<---- Here is my dovecot.conf file and dovecot-ldap.conf: ----<---- # dovecot -n # 1.1.6: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps listen: * ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/iRedMail/SSL_Cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/iRedMail/SSL_Key.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_uid: 2000 mail_gid: 2000 mail_location: maildir:/%Lh/%Ld/%Ln/:INDEX=/%Lh/%Ld/%Ln/ mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota zlib mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota zlib mail_plugins(pop3): quota zlib mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login default_realm: a.cn user: vmail passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-auth mode: 438 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: quota: maildir quota_rule: *:storage=10M expire: Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30 expire_dict: proxy::expire auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master sieve: /var/www/sieve/%Ld/%Ln/.dovecot.sieve dict: expire: db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire/expire.db ----<---- dovecot-ldap.conf ----<---- hosts = 127.0.0.1:389 ldap_version = 3 auth_bind = yes dn = cn=vmail,dc=iredmail,dc=org dnpass = 2888$11175@27748!29315&29049*31446)15524 base = domainName=%d,o=domains,dc=iredmail,dc=org scope = subtree deref = never user_filter = (&(mail=%u)(objectClass=mailUser)(accountStatus=active)) pass_filter = (mail=%u) pass_attrs = userPassword=password default_pass_scheme = CRYPT user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,=sieve_dir=/var/www/sieve/%Ld/%Ln/,mailMessageStore=maildir:mail,mailQuota=quota_rule=*:bytes=%$ ----<---- -- Best regards. - Open Source Mail Server Solution for RHEL/CentOS 5.x: http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/

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