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Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)
by Moser 15 May '08

15 May '08

rosenfield.albert(a)gmail.com schrieb: > The simplest approach in my situation seems to be the XPI one, where > users can install an XPI into Thunderbird and get a template that > requires only entering username and password. > > Haven't figured how to put the CA certificate that Dovecot uses for > SSL IMAP into the XPI for installation into Thunderbird's certificate > store, but things are definitely improving :-). Isn't this one click at accessing the server the first time!? "Accept this certificate permanently"? But if you figured out, how to add it, let me know! :) Hans

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[Dovecot] Allow_nets + MySQL failing when using range notation
by Javier García 15 May '08

15 May '08

Hello all, I am testing my dovecot installation in order to restrict access via POP3 for IPs outside my network. I have read and understood the instructions in the wiki and I have reached a configuration that works ONLY when single IPs are listed in allow_nets but not when ranges in the notation x.x.x.x/y are listed. Some examples should be more explanatory. I am using 1.0.rc15 patched as for last week as distributed in Debian etch. First of all, everything related to this is stored in a MySQL database, here is my password query: password_query = SELECT u.password as password, t.allow_nets as allow_nets FROM users u, access_type t WHERE u.ID_access_type = t.ID_access and ( t.%Ls = 1 ) and u.mail = '%u' This one should validate all mail addresses when the protocol used is marked as 1 in table access_type and when the allow_nets value in this same table contains the IP used for the access request. The, if access_type looks like: ID_access pop3 imap allow_nets 3 0 1 10.34.128.0/23, 10.34.133.0/24, 192.168.0.0/24 users with ID_access=3 fail to login by either pop3 (normal, value is 0) or imap. Here is the corresponding excerpt from dovecot.log: dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:29:04 Info: auth-worker(default): sql(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): query: SELECT u.password as password, t.allow_nets as allow_nets FROM users u, access_type t WHERE u.ID_access_type = t.ID_access and ( t.imap = 1 ) and u.mail = 'user(a)domain.com' dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:26:39 Info: auth-worker(default): auth(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): allow_nets: Matching for network 192.168.0.0/24 dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:26:39 Info: auth-worker(default): auth(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): allow_nets: Matching for network 10.34.128.0/23 dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:26:39 Info: auth-worker(default): auth(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): allow_nets: Matching for network 10.34.133.0/23 dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:26:39 Info: auth-worker(default): passdb(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): allow_nets check failed: IP not in allowed networks but if it looks like ID_access pop3 imap allow_nets 3 0 1 10.34.133.105, 10.34.133.104 then access is allowed by IMAP dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:34:01 Info: auth-worker(default): sql(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): query: SELECT u.password as password, t.allow_nets as allow_nets FROM users u, access_type t WHERE u.ID_access_type = t.ID_access and ( t.imap = 1 ) and u.mail = 'user(a)domain.com' dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:34:01 Info: auth-worker(default): auth(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): allow_nets: Matching for network 10.34.133.105 dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:34:01 Info: auth-worker(default): auth(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): allow_nets: Matching for network 10.34.133.104 dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:34:01 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=user(a)domain.com while POP3 still disallowed as expected: dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:34:25 Info: auth-worker(default): sql(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): query: SELECT u.password as password, t.allow_nets as allow_nets FROM users u, access_type t WHERE u.ID_access_type = t.ID_access and ( t.pop3 = 1 ) and u.mail = 'user(a)domain.com' dovecot: 2008-03-31 11:34:25 Info: auth-worker(default): sql(user(a)domain.com,10.34.133.104): unknown user So, is there a bug related to the IP class notation or am I doing something wrong? I have tried to leave a single class (10.34.133.0/24), to explicitly erase any spaces after the commas, but nothing of these worked. Also, note that using 0.0.0.0/0 behaves as expected, this is, access for any IP is allowed. Thanks in advance, Javier

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[Dovecot] Mixed maildir and mbox folder
by Stefan Klatt 15 May '08

15 May '08

Hello, i tried to implement a mixed structure of mbox for spams and spam backscatters and maildir for the rest at dovecot 1.0.13. I used the information at the dovecot wiki: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces (Multiple Mailbox Locations) But if i try this (complete config is attached with this part) namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: "#md/" location: maildir:/srv/imapd/user/%u/maildir inbox: yes hidden: yes namespace: type: private separator: / location: mbox:/srv/imapd/user/%u/Spam thunderbird can't open a maildir folder:-( The msg is " Mailbox doesn't exist: XXXX" If i use this version: namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:/srv/imapd/user/%u/maildir inbox: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: "#mb/" location: mbox:/srv/imapd/user/%u/Spam hidden: yes Thunderbird can open maildir folder but no mbox folder.. " Mailbox doesn't exist: XXXX" :-( Where is my fault? Or is this feature first complete implemented at 1.1? I configured namespaces without hidden like a charme... with hidden i run against a wall :-( Other question... has anybody a script to delete messages older then XY days in a mbox file? Here is my complete config with the first config version: [root@kronos etc]# dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot.conf ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/tls/certs/xyz.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/tls/private/xyz.key 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 login_process_size: 32 mail_access_groups: email dotlock_use_excl: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins: zlib mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: #md/ location: maildir:/srv/imapd/user/%u/maildir inbox: yes hidden: yes namespace: type: private separator: / location: mbox:/srv/imapd/user/%u/Spam namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Public/ location: maildir:/srv/imapd/shared/public/maildir:CONTROL=/srv/imapd/user/%u/shared-settings/public/control:INDEX=/srv/imapd/user/%u/shared-settings/public/index namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Archiv/ location: mbox:/srv/imapd/shared/archiv/maildir:CONTROL=/srv/imapd/user/%u/shared-settings/archiv/control:INDEX=/srv/imapd/user/%u/shared-settings/archiv/index auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=600 gid=600 Stefan

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[Dovecot] homedir override problem, MS AD + WINBIND + PAM + SIEVE
by Milan Koudelka - Internet Mall 15 May '08

15 May '08

Hello, i installed my Dovecot with authetification in MS AD throught WINBIND and PAM. Works fine. So I have virtual users with UID, GID from MS AD. I set maildir path as mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/%n/ Then i want to make some vacation system. I install sieve and use dovecot LDA. In postfix main.cf I have mailbox_command = /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver Setup of lda in dovecot.conf protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mail-server.cz log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = cmusieve } Sieve user-scripts doesn't work without this: plugin { sieve = /var/spool/mail/%n/.dovecot.sieve } With this settings, LDA and sieve works OK. I can use user-scrips to forward mail by subject or something like this. Vacation rules works too. But it isn't create .dovecot.lda-dupes in user home directory that contains e-mail addresses that was replied. So vacation is sent always. I have this error in dovecot-deliver.log deliver(mkoudelka): May 14 12:24:19 Error: open(/home/MALL/mkoudelka/.temp.cz-dc1-s-018.mall.cz.11302.7e2cc05a1e1df1a7) failed: No such file or directory I tried to override home directory by set this: userdb passwd { args = home=/var/spool/mail/%n } But there isnt't any change. Can you please, help how to set correct home for sieve ? MALL is domain of user mkoudelka. Thank you -- Milan Koudelka Linux & Network Administrator Internet Mall, a.s. Internet Mall - obchody, které si oblíbíte. http://www.MALL.cz ---------------------- Neprehlednete sirokou nabidku benzinovych a elektrickych sekacek. Vyberte si z desitek modelu za akcni ceny na Sekacky.cz. Sezona prave zacina. http://www.sekacky.cz/rotacni-sekacky/ ----------------------

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[Dovecot] Disconnected: BUG internal error
by Ainsley Pereira 14 May '08

14 May '08

Hello, I'm seeing some messages from dovecot in my logs such as: May 8 11:43:41 snowdrift dovecot: IMAP(username): Disconnected: BUG: Unknown internal error I did some searching, and discovered a similar report last month, to which there was a request for more information that didn't seem to get followed up, so I have collected this information too. Dovecot version: 1.0.10 (from Ubuntu hardy package, which includes some patches; details of the patches can be found here: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/dovecot/trunk/debian/patc… ) OS: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) CPU: x86 Filesystem: ext3 IMAP client: Thunderbird. What was happening with it is not too clear, unfortunately it only seems to occur for one user, and that's not me. Reproducability: Seems to occur fairly frequently, but unable to provide steps. dovecot -n output: # 1.0.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imaps pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/snowdrift-cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/snowdrift-key.pem ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 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 mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/rawlog /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/rawlog /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 auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Raw log output: 29 OK Fetch completed. * 632 FETCH (UID 14265 RFC822.SIZE 4373) * BYE BUG: Unknown internal error Immediately before that was a set of headers from an email, so I guess that's what the "29" line's talking about, and it's just the last two that are relevant. Please let me know if there's anything further I can provide to help track this down. Thanks, Ainsley

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[Dovecot] unix style mbox and vmain maildir on the same server
by Glen Lee Edwards 14 May '08

14 May '08

Hi, I'm new to dovecott. Using version 1.0.rc15. I have a mail server that has both the old style unix mbox in /var/mail/%u, and virtual mail maildir in /var/vmail/%d/%n. Debian Linux Etch stable. I'm trying to get dovecot to deliver to /var/mail/%u using mbox format, and to deliver to /var/vmail/%d/%n using maildir format. I can't get it do work. I can get it to access both directories, but not use the two formats. This is what I tried last: namespace private { separator = / inbox = yes hidden = yes prefix = location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u } namespace private { separator = / inbox = no hidden = yes prefix = mail/ location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n } I have since commented out the above two namespaces and set mail_location to mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n. $ dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n 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 auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot passdb: driver: passwd args: blocking=yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=2000 gid=2000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail Glen

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[Dovecot] Dovecot immediate logout (imap4)
by Дмитрий Бригадиров 14 May '08

14 May '08

I've experienced with automatic client logout (probably after IDLE command sent by a client). I simply run any imap4 client and get this in mail.log: May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.3, lip=192.168.0.3, secured May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Effective uid=112, gid=118, home=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): maildir: data=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix/Maildir:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): maildir: root=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix/Maildir, index=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix, control=, inbox= May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Disconnected: Logged out May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Effective uid=112, gid=118, home=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): maildir: data=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix/Maildir:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): maildir: root=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix/Maildir, index=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix, control=, inbox= May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.3, lip=192.168.0.3, secured May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Disconnected: Logged out May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.3, lip=192.168.0.3, secured May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Effective uid=112, gid=118, home=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): maildir: data=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix/Maildir:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): maildir: root=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix/Maildir, index=/var/spool/mail/tehexergo.ru/neptunix, control=, inbox= May 14 18:26:37 athlon dovecot: IMAP(neptunix(a)tehexergo.ru): Disconnected: Logged out 3 login attempts each after another. Any way client shows me the inbox and I can manage mail just fine. However it disconnects every time instead of using idle command (this I my guess). Don't know the reason for such a strange situation. Thanks for any help in advance. By the way I can't get rawlog to work. It doesn't write any logs to home directory. dovecot 10.0.10 (from ubuntu hardy repository) dovecot -n # 1.0.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/private/exim.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/exim.pem verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: Dovecot MUA ready. login_max_processes_count: 32 login_max_connections: 64 max_mail_processes: 256 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 100 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/mail/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/%d/%n mail_debug: yes mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/rawlog /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugins: quota imap_quota auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: mail plugin: quota: maildir -- Dmitry Brigadirov

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[Dovecot] missing slash when concatenating strings from userdb static?
by Elod 14 May '08

14 May '08

Dovecot version: 1.0.13 Linux: Debian Testing (kernel 2.6.22) Fs: local # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 valid_chroot_dirs: /home/email mail_chroot: /home/email first_valid_uid: 109 last_valid_uid: 109 first_valid_gid: 65534 last_valid_gid: 65534 mail_access_groups: nogroup mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: 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 auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/email/%d/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=email gid=nogroup home=/%d/%n It finds mails with "/%d/%n" but not with "%d/%n". At another site I have the same version, but with an SQL backend. That one works beautifully with relative (to chroot dir) paths. -- Valkai Elõd

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[Dovecot] need help
by Gabriele Fergola 14 May '08

14 May '08

I tried to migrate from a server courier to dovecot with imapsync but i get this errore: Couldn't append msg #15 (Subject:[Registrazione]) to folder INBOX: Error sending command '16 APPEND INBOX (\Answered \Seen) "" {3478} ': 16 BAD Invalid internal date. thk you in advance Workino

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[Dovecot] Problem with virtual mail user login users uid not permitted
by Neil Muller 13 May '08

13 May '08

Hello, I am trying to run exim 4.68 and dovecot 1.0.13 on Solaris 10 x86 5/08 using dovecot lda and sieve with virtual users and domains, tls and ssl. At the moment certificates are from my internal CA Exim and Dovecot, dovecot lda and dovecot sieve were downloaded and installed from Blastwave. Mail delivery (ie from Exim to dovecot via dovecot lda) is working correctly but when I try to access mail using imap from a client (eg. Thunderbird) the login fails. My mail user for accessing virtual user mail is vmail (uid=954, gid=954). I have attached the messages from dovecot.log and the output of dovecot -n below as well as contents from the passdb file. Can anyone point me to where I've gone wrong, I've had this working fine on Linux but Solaris just doesn't seem to want to play :-) Thanks, Neil -- E neil(a)neologix.net My passdb file contents: lothar# cat /opt/csw/etc/vmail/comms.neologix/passwd neil:{MD5-CRYPT}$1$Lik.5MFj$PJKYoXEfADgTiK1PI6aa01:954:954::/export/ home/vmail/comms.neologix/users/ neil::userdb_quota=maildir:storage=10240 mail_plugins=cmusieve,quota,imap_quota sieve=.dovecot.sieve Contents of dovecot.log: dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): passwd-file /opt/csw/etc/ vmail/comms.neologix/passwd: Read 2 users dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(neil(a)comms.neologix ,192.168.1.100): lookup: user=neil file=/opt/csw/etc/vmail/ comms.neologix/passwd dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=neil(a)comms.neologix mail_plugins=cmusieve,quota,imap_quota sieve=.dovecot.sieve dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Error: user neil(a)comms.neologix: Logins with login_user's UID 954 not permitted (see http://wiki.dovecot.org/ UserIds). dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 16850 1 dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): passwd(neil(a)comms.neologix,192.168.1.100): lookup dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): passwd(neil(a)comms.neologix,192.168.1.100): unknown user dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(neil(a)comms.neologix ,192.168.1.100): lookup: user=neil file=/opt/csw/etc/vmail/ comms.neologix/passwd dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 1 neil(a)comms.neologix uid=954 gid=954 home=/export/home/ vmail/comms.neologix/users/neil quota=maildir:storage=10240 dovecot: May 12 15:13:45 Info: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<neil(a)comms.neologix>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.100, lip=192.168.1.229, TLS The output from dovecot -n is: lothar# dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /opt/csw/etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /opt/csw/var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /opt/csw/var/log/dovecot.log ssl_cert_file: /opt/csw/ssl/certs/dovecot-cert.pem ssl_key_file: /opt/csw/ssl/private/dovecot-key-np.pem verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /opt/csw/var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: vmail first_valid_uid: 900 last_valid_uid: 1900 first_valid_gid: 900 last_valid_gid: 1900 mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir mail_debug: yes auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /opt/csw/etc/vmail/%d/passwd userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /opt/csw/etc/vmail/%d/passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /opt/csw/var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 master: path: /opt/csw/var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: sieve: %h/.dovecot.sieve quota: maildir

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