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[Dovecot] MySQL question
by spammy 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

Hi all, Trying to migrate my actual mailserver postfix Cyrus-IMAP with virtual users to dovecot. done some tests and seems to work quite well except for; I would like to integrate my virtual configuration to share SQL information throw various daemons, like postfix, amavis and so on. By default, Dovecot sets the database users table to "users" but I would like to change it to "mailboxes". this is because I don't want to change all my configiuration files already setup, only for dovecot. is this possible? best regards, xtura Fedora Core 6 Dovecot 1.0 rc22

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[Dovecot] LDA plugins mail_plugin_dir
by Dick Middleton 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

The LDA option mail_plugin_dir isn't by any chance like PATH i.e. can have more than one directory? I want to pick up some plugins from /usr/lib and some from elsewhere. Thanks Dick

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[Dovecot] master request not found
by Marshal Newrock 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

I am setting up dovecot 1.0-rc15 as a proxy. When I try to log in, I get errors such as the following: Dec 4 17:39:23 vega dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up Dec 4 17:39:24 vega dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (ad_mail) Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAINservice=POP3 lip=xx.xx.xx.xx rip=xx.xx.xx.xx resp=<hidden> Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT<hidden> Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(XXXX,xx.xx.xx.xx: query: SELECT NULL AS password, host, destuser, 'Y' AS proxy FROM exchange_proxy WHERE user='XXXX' Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=XXXX host=XXXX destuser=newrock.marshal(a)acd.net proxy pass=<hidden> Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 171931 Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): Master request 17193.1 not found Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND 1 Dec 4 17:39:31 vega dovecot: pop3-login: Internal login failure: user=<XXXX>, method=PLAIN, rip=xx.xx.xx.xx, lip=xx.xx.xx.xx dovecot.conf contains: auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb static { args = uid=0 gid=0 } user = nobody } In dovecot-sql.conf: password_query = SELECT NULL AS password, host, destuser, 'Y' AS proxy FROM exchange_proxy WHERE user='%u' I have verified that I can log into the remote server from the proxy via pop3. Unfortunately, there isn't currently imap access to the remote server. I am connecting to the proxy using pop3 (with "telnet localhost 110"). Any suggestions what the problem could be? -- Marshal Newrock, Ideal Solution LLC http://www.idealso.com

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[Dovecot] master password 'username contains disallowed character: 0x2a'
by Dale Bewley 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

v1.0.rc22 FC6 x86_64 So, here is my config: protocol imap { } protocol pop3 { } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com } auth_master_user_separator = * auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot.masterusers master = yes } passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } user = root } dict { } plugin { } But here is what happens when I try to login as dlbewley*zimbra using the password I put in dovecot.masterusers. Feb 16 23:37:30 tofu dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc22 starting up Feb 16 23:37:31 tofu dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file /etc/dovecot.masterusers: Read 1 users Feb 16 23:37:49 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=::ffff:169.237.1.109 rip=::ffff:169.237.2.160 Feb 16 23:37:49 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 Feb 16 23:37:49 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 ZGxiZXdsZXkqemltYnJhAGRsYmV3bGV5KnppbWJyYQBjb2tlc2hpdDc= Feb 16 23:37:49 tofu dovecot: auth(default): plain(zimbra,::ffff:169.237.2.160): login user: Username contains disallowed character: 0x2a Feb 16 23:37:49 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=zimbra Feb 16 23:37:49 tofu dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: user=<zimbra>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:169.237.2.160, lip=::ffff:169.237.1.109, TLS If I try setting this: auth_username_chars = I get this: Feb 16 23:45:15 tofu dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc22 starting up Feb 16 23:45:16 tofu dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file /etc/dovecot.masterusers: Read 1 users Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=::ffff:169.237.1.109 rip=::ffff:169.237.2.160 Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 ZGxiZXdsZXkqemltYnJhAGRsYmV3bGV5KnppbWJyYQBjb2tlc2hpdDc= Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): passdb(zimbra,::ffff:169.237.2.160,master): Master user logging in as dlbewley*zimbra Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=dlbewley*zimbra Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 7537 1 Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): passwd(dlbewley*zimbra,::ffff:169.237.2.160): unknown user Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): userdb(dlbewley*zimbra,::ffff:169.237.2.160): user not found from userdb Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND 1 Feb 16 23:45:22 tofu dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<dlbewley*zimbra>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:169.237.2.160, lip=::ffff:169.237.1.109, TLS

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Re: [Dovecot] 1.0.rc23 tomorrow
by Bill Boebel 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

On Sat, February 17, 2007 8:09 am, Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> said: > http://dovecot.org/nightly/dovecot-latest.tar.gz > > Would be nice to get some testing before the actual release. > Haven't tested this version yet, but we pulled a copy from CVS around mid-day Friday and it has been running fine for the past 30 hours. Bill

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Re: [Dovecot] I keep getting password mismatches
by Mark 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

i have that: #%PAM-1.0auth required pam_nologin.soauth include system-authaccount include system-authsession include system-auth[root@School-Mail ~]# and i`m still not able to login with a webmail ldap client ot with thunderbird (also ldap) the error messages are still the same. > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:10:13 -0800> From: tengel(a)fluid.com> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] I keep getting password mismatches> > Mark wrote:> > > > auth(default): passwd(mark,127.0.0.1): password mismatch> > > > The strange thing is that i can login with ssh using my username and > > password but i can`t do anything related to dovecot..> > Do you have a PAM stack installed to allow your dovecot process access > to authentication? (/etc/pam.d/dovecot e.g.)> > http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/PAM> > -te> > -- > Troy Engel | Systems Engineer> Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com _________________________________________________________________ Probeer Live.com: je eigen persoonlijke opstartpagina met alleen de dingen die jij belangrijk vindt op één plek. http://www.live.com/getstarted

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[Dovecot] [Fwd: wrong dovecot GID while upgrading]
by Zbigniew Szalbot 17 Feb '07

17 Feb '07

Sorry to have bothered - just read the updating file...! I should have let the upgrading process remove the dovecot user... Warm regards, ZS ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: wrong dovecot GID while upgrading From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <zbyszek(a)szalbot.homedns.org> Date: Sat, February 17, 2007 21:10 To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I tried to upgrade dovecot from 1.0.rc7 to rc22 but I got this error at the end of the upgrade process: Dovecot has reserved the groupname 'dovecot' and gid '143': ERROR: groupname 'dovecot' already in use by gid '1003' Please resolve these issues and try again: Either remove the conflicting group or if you wish to continue using a legacy gr oup override DOVECOT_GID. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/mail/dovecot. So I went to /usr/ports/mail/dovecot and edited the Makefile to change the GID into: DOVECOT_UID?= 1003 DOVECOT_GID?= 1003 SCRIPT_ENV+= DOVECOT_UID=${DOVECOT_UID} \ DOVECOT_GID=${DOVECOT_GID} I saved the makefile and ran portupgrade again but I got stopped by exactly the same error. I'd appreciate suggestions how to resolve this. Thank you! -- Zbigniew Szalbot -- Zbigniew Szalbot

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[Dovecot] Dovecot "open files" (again?)
by falz 17 Feb '07

17 Feb '07

I'm a new dovecot user, just began using it last week. I switched from courier because my research showed that Dovecot did indexes, and allows me to store them anywhere I chose. I did this, and it fixed some severe disk IO issues that my server had. (25k horde only webmail install using imap proxy). I'm using quotas, and by default had it set to 'dirsize'. my postfix is already creating 'maildirsize' files, so I opted to change dovecot to use this instead. However, when I do, I run into the "too many open files" issue that's been reported many times on the list. I've seen a lot of mention of too many open files, but I haven't seen it related to the quota type used. It's possible that simply my using 'dirsize' as the quota type slows things down enough to not have the issue? I don't really know. Anyhow. I doubled my max open files in FreeBSD's /boot/loader.conf to: kern.maxfiles="24656", but to no avail. When I have it set to maildirsize, the open files on the system grows uncontrollably. Under normal use, it's somewhere below 5k: sysctl -a | grep openfiles kern.openfiles: 4415 I looked into the patch mentioned here: - http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-November/017536.html - http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2006-November/006776.html Those patches already appear to be in rc15, which I'm already running (Via FreeBSD's ports). I also applied the patch mentioned here awhile back: - http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-June/007647.html and rebuilt, but it didn't help out either. There are also freebsd specific notes on forcing a limit on dovecot itsself using login.conf, but that wouldnt really fix anything, it would just cause dovecot to not interfere with other running daemons. - http://www.mail-archive.com/ports@openbsd.org/msg08646.html Any thoughts? TSS, you mention a few times in these notes that you're unable to reproduce this. Perhaps try with the maildir as quota? More details about my setup: - FreeBSD 4.8 (yea, I know) - Imapproxy (http://www.imapproxy.org/) - Postfix to create maildir++ maildirsize folders - MySQL backend The work of this is spread out between several servers, dovecot is running on the server that's the final SMTP delivery location, and has local disks with the maildirs. --falz

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[Dovecot] upgrade from 1.0rc7
by Zbigniew Szalbot 17 Feb '07

17 Feb '07

Hello, Have been to dovecot website but could not find information on what I need to check before I upgrade from the current 1.0rc7 which I am using on a FreeBSD 6.2 system. Will the old conf (virtual users, no ssl) file work with upgraded dovecot? Many thanks! -- Zbigniew Szalbot

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Re: [Dovecot] Reply-To header
by Kenny Dail 17 Feb '07

17 Feb '07

> On Saturday 17 February 2007 00:13, Mark E. Mallett wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 12:33:40AM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 15:16 -0600, Richard Laager wrote: > > > > I see you've added a Reply-To header later. The canonical response in > > > > this case is for someone to reference: > > > > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > > > A canonical response to that is > > > > http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml > > My mind was not changed, sorry. First, RFC 822 is obsolete, and RFC 2822 does > not contain the quoted paragraph. Instead it says that '[w]hen > the "Reply-To:" field is present, it indicates the mailbox(es) to which the > author of the message suggests that replies be sent.' - the author, not the > mailing list software. There are other fields for that. Fortunately Dovecot's set-up, does make it the author's choice. -- Kenny Dail <kend(a)amigo.net>

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