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[Dovecot] Problems with (probably) Dovecot
by Frank Neps 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hello altogether, I've got Dovecot 0.99 installed on a Suse Linux 9.2 system, together with Postfix. I need to upgrade that server in the near future to new hardware and new versions, but at the moment it would be great, if I could find the solution for the following problem without upgrading. Unfortunately I didn't find a solution in Google. The system has enough memory and disc space, it was running for about 4 or 5 years without problems now. Trying to access my messages on the server via IMAP protocol using Outlook (2000 or 2002 or 2003) leads to an error message "Invalid messageset: xxxxxxxx" (where xxxxxxxx is a changing number). No data is displayed, the headers are not updated. Squirrelmail says, that the messages are not available any more. And Thunderbird joins in with Outlook and also tells me something about an invalid messageset. For some reasons (and some messages, not all) Kontact / Kmail does not give me error message, however, my main system is not a Linux one and therefore I'd like to get that fixed, if possible. Somewhere in Google I found a note about IMAP index files, which may be corrupt and need to be rebuilt, but I didn't find any Index files, I must admit. Any idea how to solve that? Thanks in advance and best regards, Frank

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[Dovecot] rc31 -> "deferring operation: binding"
by Ben Beuchler 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

I hate to bring up anything that might delay 1.0, but the behavior I'm seeing is rather... weird. I'm running rc31, using "userdb static" and "auth_bind=yes". With rc1 (what I had been running) I would occasionally get some "deferring operation" complaints from LDAP, but very rarely. Every now and then it would start to throw "deferring operation: pending operations" and stop authenticating. Digging through the Changelog indicated you've made considerable updates to the auth_bind code, apparently to eliminate just such problems, so I upgraded. Now I'm running rc31 and my OpenLDAP logs are throwing an error like this every few seconds: Apr 9 19:56:42 swizzle slapd[1626]: connection_input: conn=6696168 deferring operation: binding This appears to happen with around every 3rd or 4th bind request. Sometimes it happens with the anonymous requests, sometimes with the auth bind request. As I understand it, the new auth_bind code is extremely careful about flushing all pending operations before attempting to perform the authentication bind. If that's the case, any idea why OpenLDAP is deferring the binding operations so frequently? So far it hasn't caused any login problems, but it's quite disconcerting given the expected behavior described in the Changelog. Any thoughts? -Ben cliff:/opt/dovecot/etc root# ../sbin/dovecot -n # /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/etc/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/mcad.edu.rapidssl.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/mcad.edu.rapidssl.key disable_plaintext_auth: no shutdown_clients: no login_dir: /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Line forms at the rear. login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no login_processes_count: 5 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 5000 last_valid_uid: 5000 first_valid_gid: 5000 last_valid_gid: 5000 mail_location: maildir:/mail/mcad.edu/%u/Maildir/ maildir_stat_dirs: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_executable(default): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /opt/dovecot-1.0.rc31/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: mechanisms: plain login user: dovecot-auth passdb: driver: ldap args: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master:

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[Dovecot] WebmAdmin for DoveCot
by Azher Amin 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hi, I am using Dovecot with Sendmail in my environment. So far I am doing manual operations like adding new users, aliases, setting quota etc. Is there any WebAdmin interface that works with 'Dovecot and Sendmail' and can help in above tasks, plz suggest. Regards -Azher -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] ldap + imap + passwords
by aza zel 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

hi... exits anyway to get imap user and password from system. in other word if my mail clients log in system with user and password and want to use them to login to imap server. :) -- Salu2 ;)

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[Dovecot] dude with maildir location sintaxis under dovecot
by aza zel 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

hi... i want to use maildir format so like i see un some manuals i create this directory for my virtual users: # ls -la /export/home/vmail/prueba.uy/t* /export/home/vmail/prueba.uy/toto1: total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 512 Apr 10 15:09 . drwxr-xr-x 6 vmail vmail 512 Apr 9 12:11 .. /export/home/vmail/prueba.uy/toto3: total 10 drwxr-xr-x 5 vmail vmail 512 Mar 30 10:43 . drwxr-xr-x 6 vmail vmail 512 Apr 9 12:11 .. drwxrwxrwx 2 vmail vmail 512 Mar 30 10:43 cur drwxrwxrwx 2 vmail vmail 512 Apr 10 14:38 new drwxrwxrwx 2 vmail vmail 512 Apr 10 14:38 tmp and i can send 2 messages to test (from toto1 to toto3): # ls -la /export/home/vmail/prueba.uy/toto3/new/* -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 472 Apr 10 14:35 /export/home/vmail/prueba.uy/toto3/new/1176226531.V1980007I18576M32715.einstein -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 494 Apr 10 14:38 /export/home/vmail/prueba.uy/toto3/new/1176226715.V1980007I187b9M830764.einstein i try to test them: # telnet 100.0.4.180 143 Trying 100.0.4.180... Connected to einstein (100.0.4.180). Escape character is '^]'. * OK Dovecot ready. 1 login toto3(a)einstein.prueba.uy passtoto3 1 OK Logged in 2 list "" * * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" 2 OK List completed. and this i the dovecot log file: # tail /etc/dovecot/dovecot.log dovecot: Apr 11 09:35:23 Info: Dovecot v1.0.rc26 starting up dovecot: Apr 11 09:35:44 Info: imap-login: Login: user=< toto3(a)einstein.prueba.uy>, method=PLAIN, rip=100.0.4.145, lip=100.0.4.180 dovecot: Apr 11 09:35:44 Info: IMAP(toto3(a)einstein.prueba.uy): Effective uid=703, gid=100, home=/export/home/vmail dovecot: Apr 11 09:35:44 Info: IMAP(toto3(a)einstein.prueba.uy): maildir: data=prueba.uy/toto3/ dovecot: Apr 11 09:35:44 Info: IMAP(toto3(a)einstein.prueba.uy): maildir: root=prueba.uy/toto3, index=prueba.uy/toto3, control=, inbox= so, i have these dudes: - i not understad fine the log, i think the maildir location are ok, but the test don't showme nothing ¿these is right? (my config for mail location in dovecot.conf is mail_location= maildir:%h/%d/%n) - in docs the maildir specification uses "Maildir" prefix in path ¿i must to use always these prefix to set maildir location? - i use procmail, i think that the message are not in HM format, ¿could anybody comfirm these? Salu2 ;)

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[Dovecot] Moving maildir folders between different RC dovecot machines
by Francisco Reyes 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Is it ever necessary to delete any of the dovecot files when moving between machines from different RC versions? I read all the RC notes from RC15 to 31 and didn't see any notes about this, but wanted to be completely sure. Have some domains that I need to move from a RC15 machine to a RC29 machine. Also later this month we plan to ugprade from RC15 to Release 1.. when it is out shortly.

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[Dovecot] Having a problem with mbox/inbox
by Nick Le Mouton 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hi, I've just installed dovecot on a RHEL 4 server. I'm using postfix as my MTA. Everything seems to work well when I have a home dir for the user, but I don't like to clutter up my /home/ dir with dirs for users that will never use them (other than mail). Is there no way to just use /var/mail/user (I think in mbox format?). I have no interest at this time of using IMAP, this is purely for POP3. Thanks Nick

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[Dovecot] error creating subfolders
by John Harper 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

I'm running rc31 and I've come across a weird little error in creating subfolders that's only apparent in a specific situation. I recently moved our entire campus from UW to dovecot, and as part of that migration, and following the wiki, I have some namespaces: ##default namespace namespace private { separator = / prefix = inbox = yes } #for backwards compatibility: namespace private { separator = / prefix = mail/ hidden = yes } namespace private { separator = / prefix = ~/mail/ hidden = yes } which absorb the typical configuration previously used wherein the email client had the imap server folder set to "mail/" or similar, and which still remains on most clients. All of this works perfectly fine, and all users see their mail folders properly. Currently everyone is still in mbox format, and as far as I can tell, users can also create email folders without problems (ie single files in the file system containing messages). But one user discovered that it does not work to create folder containers (ie directories in the filesystem) that would contain other email folders, no matter how one appended / or checked the right box (or having me add the tb-extra-mailbox-sep client workaround -- they're using Thunderbird). Their client config still had mail/ as the server imap directory, and when I cleared that out, then everything worked perfectly. So it's a bit weird that everything works fine with the namespaces, except the one operation of creating the subfolder. John Harper ------------------------------------------------- Systems Manager Information and Instructional Technology Services University of Toronto Scarborough harper(a)utsc.utoronto.ca

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[Dovecot] get userlogin for shell script
by Dirk Schleicher 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hello, how can I get some information if a user is connect to the dovecot imap? I like to build a script what asked if there is a connect. If yes the loop until no connect an then stop dovecot. How can I do this? Thanks Dirk

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0rc30 message ownership set as root mail
by Mel Llaguno 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

I've compiled the latest release candidate of dovecot and I am encountering a strange problem when mail is delivered. I have my installation configured to use Maildir. When messages arrive, they are placed in the correct user directory, but the ownership for individual messages is set to root and the group set to mail. This prevents these messages from being displayed in my client. The error message logged is as follows: dovecot: Apr 08 13:11:08 Error: IMAP(mel): open(/home/mel/Maildir/cur/_d2F.eyKGGB.mjolnir:2,) failed: Permission denied The file permissions for the message are as follows: -rw------- 1 root mail 1805 2007-04-08 13:02 _AqG.VxTGGB.mjolnir:2, I also noticed that the log file in the root Maildir also has the same ownership assigned (not the user's uid/gid). Unless something has changed in dovecot.conf, this behavior is somewhat unexpected. I've included my config file in case there is something obvious that I am missing: base_dir = /var/run/dovecot protocols = imaps protocol imap { listen = imap.domain.com ssl_listen = 0.0.0.0:993 imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail } disable_plaintext_auth = yes shutdown_clients = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/imap.domain.com.crt ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/certs/imap.domain.com.key login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login login_chroot = yes login_user = dovecot login_process_per_connection = yes login_processes_count = 8 login_max_processes_count = 32 verbose_ssl = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir:INBOX:/var/mail/%u mail_full_filesystem_access = no mail_save_crlf = no verbose_proctitle = yes max_mail_processes = 128 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes mmap_disable = no lock_method = fcntl umask = 0077 auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb shadow { args = /etc/shadow } userdb passwd { args = /etc/passwd } } If anyone could help clarify this behavior, it would be greatly appreciated. Mel

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