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[Dovecot] Actually what is the SQL DB used for?
by Aaron J Weber 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Is a RDBMS required for Dovecot to run in small (SOHO) environments? (Does it store indexes to the mail, etc.?) Or is it strictly leveraged for larger-scale environments? I'm asking, because the INSTALL says ./configure and make is enough for most...but as my previous post requested...there isn't anywhere that lists Required Packages/Software. We need to get that out there before 1.0RC becomes 1.0! :) -AJ

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[Dovecot] On vacation message
by arto.saraniva＠artio.net 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Hello, I am away from office and will read my emails again on sunday 17th December. Regarding urgent issues, please contact info(a)artio.net. Best Regards, Arto Saraniva Artio Oy

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[Dovecot] New script mdsmon
by Antonio Casado Rodríguez 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Hi all, I have created mdsmon (MailDirSize Monitor) script modifying postmmon (POSTfix Mbox Monitor) script of Ricardo Malafaia. Features: - It works with maildirsize file of users. (all inbox folders in one directory). - It sends alert and warning mails to users if quota is above 50% or 85%. - It creates accounting file. All the suggestions and errors are welcome: http://www.ual.es/personal/acasado/mdsmon/ Thanks.

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[Dovecot] Slightly off topic question but ...
by Marc Perkel 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

I'm using files for passwords that look like the unix passwd and shadow files, except each domain has it's own pair of shadow and password files for that domain. And dovecot works fine with that. So - here's my off topic question. I'm trying to create a PHP interface to allow user to change their password in these passwd / shadow file combos. What kind of encryption do they use and specifically what PHP command would I use to encrypt a password like the shadow file has? Thanks in advance.

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[Dovecot] Recipient delimiters, deliver and SQL databases
by Nils Vogels 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

Hi! As a new user, I'm trying to set up a postfix + dovecot combination, and so far all is running smoothly. I'm using the guidelines that came with postfix and adjusting them as I go. My user and alias database is stored in MySQL, using the scheme from 'PostfixAdmin' (http://high5.net/page9.html) and I am using the dovecot LDA 'deliver' to drop messages into mailboxes that exist solely as virtual users. Users can login using both pop3 and imap, and retrieve the e-mails sent directly to them, so I'm happy with that. One of the features supported by postfix, and required for my setup is recipient delimiters. Using recipient delimiters, you can basically send extra information in the e-mail address, to maybe deliver the message into subfolders directly, or to run anti-spam software such as TMDA against. When I try to deliver such a message, I get a user unknown: Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/pickup[91477]: 4574A6420: uid=0 from=<root> Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/cleanup[91487]: 4574A6420: message-id=<20061209142501.4574A6420(a)vm-mail.mydomain> Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/qmgr[91478]: 4574A6420: from=<root(a)vm-mail.mydomain>, size=290, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth(default): master in: USER 1 user+test@mydomain service=deliver Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(user+test@mydomain): SELECT maildir, 143 AS uid, 143 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'user+test@mydomain' AND active = '1' Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(user+test@mydomain): User not found Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND 1 Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/pipe[91489]: 4574A6420: to=<user+test@mydomain>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.14, delays=0.07/0.03/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown) Relevant snippets from postfix's master.cf: # Dovecot LDA dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=dovecot:dovecot argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} and postfix's main.cf: virtual_gid_maps = static:143 virtual_mailbox_base = /mail/virtual virtual_minimum_uid = 125 dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:143 and dovecot's dovecot.conf: protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster@mydomain sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master } auth default { passdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf } userdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf } socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } master { path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master mode = 0600 user = dovecot group = dovecot } } } And offcourse dovecot-mysql.conf: # Database driver: mysql, pgsql driver = mysql # Currently supported schemes include PLAIN, PLAIN-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, and CRYPT. default_pass_scheme = CRYPT # Database options connect = host=myhost dbname=mydb user=myuser password=mypass password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, 143 AS uid, 143 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' #EOF Now, I am pretty sure the problem lies with the %u, expanding to user+test@mydomain, which in some way should become user@mydomain, since the latter is the actual mailbox name of the user, but: how? Thanks in advance, Nils -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. ~Benjamin Franklin (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)

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Re: [Dovecot] Problems with Mailstorage path.
by Kenny Dail 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

> Currently I've configured dovecote to find user's mail folder like this: > dovecot.conf > mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u/Maildir Thats a good setup. For simplicity's sake, why not use it? > > All my domain mailboxes are under /var/vmail, as evident. But there > are some users whose mail folders are directly under /var/vmail like > this one: > /var/vmail/myuser1(a)mydomain1.com > Move or symlink them. Maintenance and migration is a lot easier if you use a uniform layout. -- Kenny Dail <kend(a)amigo.net>

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[Dovecot] dovecot imap mbox multiple connections
by Danni Allen 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Hi, The company that I work for are currently looking at a changeover in clients from pegasus mail(v4) to Thunderbird (v1.5.0.8). We run dovecot (v 0.99.13) with mbox. We currently have a bunch of shared folders sitting in a dummy imap account that they all connect to and view. I have read that problems with Thunderbird have been encountered with this setup due to multiple connections to the account and that a possible solution is to convert from mbox to maildir. I was simply wondering if anyone knows anything about this, as I don't seem to be able to find any information on it other than a single thread with a single comment with what seems like anecdotal evidence rather than something acknowledged. Is there a problem with this? Rgds, Danni Allen

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot+exim4+thunderbird+shared-folders-with-links+permissions-problems
by Uwe Fechner 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Eric, thanks, works fine now, the debian package is updating only the pop3d and not the imapd. Needed to install it seperately. Uwe Eric schrieb: > Uwe Fechner wrote: >> Eric, thanks, >> >> upgraded to 1.0.rc15 >> but still the same issue. >> >> Uwe >> >> Eric schrieb: >>> Uwe Fechner wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm using 0.99.14 with debian 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 >>>> UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux and >>>> exim4. >>>> >>> first thing you need to do is update to rc15 and try again. old >>> versions are not supported and tons of issues have been fixed since >>> the .99 releases >> > now is when the list will get involved =)

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[Dovecot] dovecot+exim4+thunderbird+shared-folders-with-links+permissions-problems
by Uwe Fechner 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Hello, I'm using 0.99.14 with debian 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux and exim4. I use the shared folder with symlinks, created by the script create_dovecot_shares-1.06. I have set the permissions and use umask 0007 on dovecot and in exim in maildir_home: directory_mode = 0770 mode = 0660 every thing works well, but if I'm moving a mail from my inbox with thunderbird into the shared mailbox it gets permissions -rw------- 1 user group 11811 2006-12-09 12:58 1165785386.P10056Q2M666099.blupp:2,Sa instead of -rw-rw---- 1 xxx group 31970 2006-12-10 17:26 1165767986.H344527P28279.blupp:2,Sb What am I doing wrong? kind regards Uwe

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[Dovecot] 'NO' 'Unknown error'
by Nagy László 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Dear List, I'm writting a program in Python that connects to a dovecot server and copies/moves messages across different shared folders. The program throws an error while executing this IMAP command: UID COPY 232 Archive/Notifications The same program works fine with other directories and messages. This is the response from the dovecot server: ('NO', ['Unknown error']) Do you have an idea what is the problem? This error message is very cryptic, it does not tell anythig about what is causing the problem and how to fix it. By the way, I'm using dovecot-1.0.r7_2 on FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. I cannot upgrade to a newer - I had to downgrade to r7 before because dovecot did not find the inboxes of my POP3s users. (But it did find the same inboxes for my IMAPs users.) Thanks, Laszlo

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