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[Dovecot] IMAP on move message command launch
by Jan Srzednicki 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Hello, Is it possible with dovecot IMAP server to do the following thing: After the clients moves a message from any folder to the given one, I want to launch a command and feed that message into it, as well as physically move the message to this folder. Is that possible? -- Jan Srzednicki w(a)expro.pl

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[Dovecot] Need help with "mbox sync" problem
by Jim Garrison 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

The following is occurring consistently on users in only one vhost domain. Other vhost domains are not having the problem. The email client in use is the same (in both the working and non-working domains). dovecot: Jan 29 21:19:18 Error: POP3(user1(a)mydomain.tld): mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /var/mail/vhosts/mydomain.tld/user1 (5629 > 5423, seq=2, idx_msgs=5) dovecot: Jan 29 21:19:18 Info: POP3(user1(a)mydomain.tld): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=95/508506, del=95/95, size=506866 dovecot: Jan 29 21:19:52 Error: POP3(user2(a)mydomain.tld): mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /var/mail /vhosts/mydomain.tld/user2 (5634 > 5629, seq=2, idx_msgs=95) dovecot: Jan 29 21:19:52 Info: POP3(user2(a)mydomain.tld): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=5/69654, del=5/5, si ze=69562 Once this message starts occurring, dovecot stops deleting retrieved messages when the user retrieves mail (with 'delete from server' set). The result is that the entire mailbox contents are fetched each time, resulting in copious amounts of duplicate messages. I'm on the rc8 RPM that comes with FC5, but am willing to remove it and install a later Dovecot built from source. 1) Is this a known problem that can be fixed by upgrading? 2) If not, can someone tell me what this message means exactly, and how to gather more information for debugging? The MTA is Postfix. Thanks

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[Dovecot] OT:install dovecot using yum
by jepoy 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

hi guys, im trying to install dovecot using yum on my centos. anyone tried this? tnx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot ACL
by Radek Zavicak 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

>I am using 1.0-rc19 version. I made a global ACL file in >/etc/dovecot-acls/Public as: >owner lrsi >user=manager rl > >The owner cannot delete/move mail inside his Public folder as I want. But >the user "manager" cannot subscribe/view to other's Public folder. What I >have missed? Make sure your acl file ends with LF (there is an empty line at the end) otherwise dovecot doesn't read the last line.

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[Dovecot] Fw: error after installation
by jepoy 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

----- Original Message ----- From: "jepoy" <jcb(a)dream.com.ph> To: <lrosa(a)hypertrek.info> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] error after installation > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luigi Rosa" <lrosa(a)hypertrek.info> > To: "Dovecot Mailing List" <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] error after installation > > >> jepoy said the following on 31/1/2007 6:22: >> >>> -ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure connections. >> >> check dovecot.conf for >> >> disable_plaintext_auth = no >> >> >> Ciao, >> luigi >> > hi luigi, > thanks for that quick response. here's my next problem.before i havent > encountered them when i use yum. > > +OK Dovecot 1.0 ready. > user jcb > +OK > pass jcb > -ERR Authentication failed. > > tnx > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] error after installation
by jepoy 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

hi guys, i tried installing it from source. i tried logging in with my user and password, experienced this error. +OK Dovecot 1.0 ready. user test -ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure connections. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] How to prevent SQL injection
by Jochen Schulz 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Hi, on my way home today I thought a little bit about my setup which involves user and password lookups in an SQL database (Postgres). I asked myself whether I need to do anything to prevent SQL injection via forged user or domainnames. In the wiki I didn't find anything specific, only http://wiki.dovecot.org/Variables which mentions that there is the %E modifier which escapes single quites and backslashes. This appears to be a good idea but I am asking myself whether I need to do this since it is not mentioned anywhere. Is anybody able to comment on this? And BTW, it appears that one can use several modifiers at once. This is only implicitly mentioned in the wiki (You can apply modifier*s*), but it appears to work. J. -- Ultimately, the Millenium Dome is a spectacular monument of the doublethink of our times. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>

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Re: [Dovecot] Performance, dovecot vs tpop3d
by Joseph Tam 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

>> 2. logout, log back in immediatly, there is no re-indexing and the >> list is available in < 1 second. >> 3. logout, log back in 12 minutes later. The list is returned in >> apx 15 seconds and again in a lsof I see pop3 accessing files inside >> the cur/ directory. ... > > Of added note, when running a stat on the index files (dovecot.index, > dovecot.index.cache, dovecot.index.log), the Modify and Change > parameters remain static (no changes). So if it's rebuilding > anything it's doing it in memory and not modifying the index files. > > If I deliver a new message to the account, it does rebuild the files > for sure and increments the Modify and Change params. Perhaps what you might be seeing is file system caching. I notice this when performing NFS I/O tests: the first re-read is fast but decays over time as data is rolled out of the cache. Joseph Tam <tam(a)math.ubc.ca>

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[Dovecot] Looking for IMAP maintenance tools
by Jens Knoell 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

Hi I'm currently prowling for some IMAP tools to help me maintain our mailboxes. I'd prefer "pure" IMAP, i.e. no messing with file system directly, but would settle for more crude ways if need be. Specifically I am looking for: - Expunge tool: Outlook does not seem to auto-expunge messages in any way shape or form. So I'd like to run a daily cron to expunge all mailboxes. - Quota helper: Some way to send a warning email once a day or so, saying "you're close to your quota limit, please delete some mail" or somesuch Granted, I could write these two from scratch - but why reinvent the wheel? Thanks Jen

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0 on a Mandriva 2007 box
by hackhound 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

I installed the RPM, and fought with it for days before realizing the packaged config file is incorrect. So I downloaded the latest tarball and used the sample dovecot.conf file. I was finally able to get dovecot to run as long as I leave the mail_location line commented out. If I uncomment the line dovecot complains that "mail_location" is an "unknown setting". What am I missing? Thanks, JB

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