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[Dovecot] Another address-spec problem
by Chris Wakelin 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

I've had complaints from users about "MISSING_DOMAIN" in header fields and I've tracked it down to having "." in an unquoted display name. By my reading of RFC2822 (especially section 4.1) A N Other <a.n.other(a)somewhere.org> "A. N. Other" <a.n.other(a)somewhere.org> are legal, but A. N. Other <a.n.other(a)somewhere.org> is "obsolete", but should be supported by the server (no clients should do it). I think the relevant syntax is phrase = 1*word / obs-phrase word = atom / quoted-string obs-phrase = word *(word / "." / CFWS) and rfc822_parse_phrase() should be modified to cope with "obs-phrase". I'll have a go, but if Timo or anybody knows how to do it properly, that would be better! Chris -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] Debian packages of alpha2?
by Ben Beuchler 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Is anyone maintaining Debian packages of alpha2? The official packages aren't even up to -stable yet. -Ben

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[Dovecot] virtual passwords
by Michael Collins 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I just set up postfix with some virtual domains and users. Dovecot made some dbs in /etc/dovecot. a passdb and userdb. the passdb file has passwords in there and I want to at least know what it is. I have tried to do 'echo -n mypassword | openssl md5 -hex' and insert that into them but it seems to not work. Probably something I am doing wrong. I looked at the archive and could not figure out how to search it. Anyway how do i change a password? Thanks. this is passdb: andreux@bla.com:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 andrew@bla.com:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 sikki@bla.com:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 amanda@bla.com:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 info@bla.com:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 help@bla.com:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 andrew@blu.biz:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 andreux@blu.biz:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 eric@blu.biz:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 jjenkins@blu.biz:$1$G/FqlOG5$Vj0xmc9fKY.UVr8OWr/7C1 -- -- Michael H. Collins It's us against them. Ride like you stole it. If you love some code, set it free. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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[Dovecot] problem with postgreSQL connect=
by octane indice 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hello I'm using dovecot with virtual accounts stored in a postgreSQL db. I use in the dovecot.conf: auth_userdb = pgsql /usr/local/etc/dovecot-pgsql-user.conf (and same for pass). In the file dovecot-pgsql-user.conf, I use: connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=vmail user=lecteur password=lire user_query = SELECT '/var/spool/vhosts/'||nom_domaine||'/'||nom_boite AS mail,5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid FROM boites WHERE email = '%u' It doesn't work. If I write: connect = dbname=vmail user=lecteur user_query = SELECT '/var/spool/vhosts/'||nom_domaine||'/'||nom_boite AS mail,5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid FROM boites WHERE email = '%u' It works. Of course the query with psql works: psql -U lecteur -h 127.0.0.1 vmail -c "SELECT '/var/spool/vhosts/'||nom_domaine||'/'||nom_boite AS mail,5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid FROM boites WHERE email = '%u' " with the password 'lire' My question: do I make something wrong? I want to use the network, because in future, dovecot will not be on the same host than postgreSQL. Thanks --------------------------------------------- Etes vous un consom'Acteur ? Toutes les saveurs équitables sont sur http://www.epicerie-equitable.com

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[Dovecot] Lost transaction log file /Users/frohro/Maildir/dovecot.index.log.2 seq 1
by Rob Frohne 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi, I got a bunch of the following errors: Lost transaction log file /Users/frohro/Maildir/dovecot.index.log.2 seq 1 when I was trying to apply some rules to move messages from one mailbox to another. Things hadn't been working well and I had recently upgraded to alpha 2, so I moved all dovecot* files in my Maildir/. Things then seem to work better. Rob -- Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E. E.F. Cross School of Engineering Walla Walla College http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/

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[Dovecot] Weird series of errors with dovecot-stable
by Ben Beuchler 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I'm using the dovecot-stable from 7/30, authenticating against an OpenLDAP server. From time to time, dovecot stops responding to new queries. It seems to be a self-correcting problem, lasting about 20 minutes. Here's how it starts: Aug 18 19:38:23 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity [150.253.42.12] Aug 18 19:38:36 cliff dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity [68.46.174.217] Aug 18 19:39:35 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity [150.253.42.12] Normally I see almost no "Disconnected: Inactivity" messages, but when this problem shows up I get an almost non-stop barrage of them. In fact, over the 20 minutes or so, there's about 150 of those entries, so I filtered them out of the log snippets. I also filtered out any "normal" activity during the time period. Here's what's left: Aug 18 19:40:29 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): file mech.c: line 117 (auth_request_destroy): assertion failed: (request->refcount > 0) Aug 18 19:40:29 cliff dovecot: child 22347 (auth) killed with signal 6 Aug 18 19:42:04 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): ldap(vmail,150.253.80.31): unknown user Aug 18 19:42:41 cliff dovecot: imap-login: SSL_read() syscall failed: EOF [24.26.184.219] Aug 18 19:43:25 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (126s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:25 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (126s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:25 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (126s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:25 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (126s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:25 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (126s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:31 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (121s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:43 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (121s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:43 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): Login process has too old (122s) requests, killing it. Aug 18 19:43:49 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Aug 18 19:43:49 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): file mech.c: line 117 (auth_request_destroy): assertion failed: (request->refcount > 0) Aug 18 19:43:49 cliff dovecot: child 22557 (auth) killed with signal 6 Aug 18 19:43:49 cliff dovecot: child 22562 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:45:31 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Aug 18 19:45:31 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Aug 18 19:45:31 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Aug 18 19:45:31 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Aug 18 19:45:31 cliff dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Aug 18 19:45:32 cliff dovecot: child 22522 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:45:32 cliff dovecot: child 22561 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:45:32 cliff dovecot: child 22563 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:45:32 cliff dovecot: child 22564 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:45:32 cliff dovecot: child 22566 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:47:54 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): file mech.c: line 117 (auth_request_destroy): assertion failed: (request->refcount > 0) Aug 18 19:47:54 cliff dovecot: child 22599 (auth) killed with signal 6 Aug 18 19:48:18 cliff dovecot: imap-login: SSL_read() syscall failed: EOF [69.81.39.120] Aug 18 19:48:18 cliff dovecot: imap-login: SSL_read() syscall failed: EOF [69.81.39.120] Aug 18 19:51:32 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): file mech.c: line 117 (auth_request_destroy): assertion failed: (request->refcount > 0) Aug 18 19:51:32 cliff dovecot: child 22628 (auth) killed with signal 6 Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: auth(ldap): file mech.c: line 117 (auth_request_destroy): assertion failed: (request->refcount > 0) Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: child 22655 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: child 22683 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: child 22686 (auth) killed with signal 6 Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: child 22689 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: child 22690 (login) returned error 89 Aug 18 19:54:14 cliff dovecot: child 22699 (login) returned error 89 Then, magickally, it begins working again. Any thoughts? -Ben

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[Dovecot] ldap: No password in reply
by Rudy Gevaert 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Greetings, I'm trying to set up dovecot with ldap (and postfix) by following the page on the wiki. I configured everything, but something is wrong: dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=157.193.40.36 rip=157.193.44.68 dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Info: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 b2xlX3dvYmJsZQBvbGVfd29iYmxlAHdvYmJsZQ== dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Info: auth(default): ldap(ole_wobble,157.193.44.68): base=ou=accounts,dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=ole_wobble)) fields=uid,userPassword dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Info: auth(default): ldap(ole_wobble,157.193.44.68): uid(user)=ole_wobble dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Error: auth(default): ldap(ole_wobble,157.193.44.68): No password in reply dovecot: Sep 21 12:03:59 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=ole_wobble temp dovecot: Sep 21 12:04:01 Info: imap-login: Disconnected: user=<ole_wobble>, method=PLAIN, rip=157.193.44.68, lip=157.193.40.36, TLS This is my database: dn: dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be objectClass: top objectClass: dcObject objectClass: organization o: Universiteit Gent dc: zalm dn: cn=admin,dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be objectClass: simpleSecurityObject objectClass: organizationalRole cn: admin description: LDAP administrator userPassword:: e2NyeXB0fVpsbWpDb21kL3JSbkU= dn: ou=accounts,dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: accounts dn: cn=dovecot,ou=accounts,dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be objectClass: top objectClass: person cn: dovecot sn: dovecot userPassword:: e0NSWVBUfXp6bGxQa1JoV1Nmb00= dn: uid=ole_wobble,ou=accounts,dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: posixAccount cn: Ole Wobble Olson sn: Olson uid: ole_wobble uidNumber: 3000 gidNumber: 8 homeDirectory: /home/postoffice userPassword:: e0NSWVBUfXBrOGN6SnlZVG5IL28= dn: uid=ole_wubble,ou=accounts,dc=zalm,dc=UGent,dc=be objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: posixAccount cn: Ole Wubble Olson sn: Olson uid: ole_wubble uidNumber: 3001 gidNumber: 8 homeDirectory: /home/postoffice What could be wrong? Thanks in advance, -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Rudy Gevaert e-mail: Rudy.Gevaert(a)UGent.be Directie ICT, Afdeling Infrastructuur Groep Systemen tel: +32 9 264 4734 Universiteit Gent fax: +32 9 264 4994 Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9, 9000 Gent, Belgie www.UGent.be -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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[Dovecot] ALL TCP/IP connection REST when one mail contains format error
by Yi Xuan 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Hi, I have setup a dovecot pop3 server on IP_A and using mbox format I have 6 users behind a NATed network, the public IP is IP_B. And one mail of one user seems contain format error. He always cannot receive the 5th mail from anywhere. Then when he receive mail in the intranet, all the TCP/IP connection REST between IP_A and IP_B. http/ssh/pop/smtp etc. all NG. After I delete the 5th mail from webmail, then the services work well. 1.It seems unreasonable, Can dovecot improve it and let it donot influence other users and other service? 2.What may cause mbox format error? and how can we avoid it? Best regards,

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[Dovecot] Two strange behaviours with dovecot+postfix+squirrelmail
by Francisco Neira 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Hi all, About a week ago I was forced to migrate my main (production) email server from RH9 to Centos4.1. The installation has dovecot-0.99.11 + postfix-2.1.5 and >600 mbox accessed email accounts. Number 1. Some users accessing thru squirremail (installed in my webserver) can read their INBOX at /var/spool/mail directory but when trying to delete a message they receive the following error message from squirrelmail: ERROR: Could not complete request. Consulta: COPY 1279 "mail/Trash" Reason Given: Internal error occured. Error report written to server log. [2005-09-16 15:08:04] and the error logged is the following: Sep 16 15:09:27 mail imap(username): mkdir_parents(/home/username//mail/.imap/Trash) failed: Permission denied I never stated that .imap/Trash when configuring dovecot and the strangest thing is that my account, as most of others, can delete messages moving from /var/spool/mail/my_name to /home/my_name/mail/Trash Number 2. Randomly, some users connecting from Mozilla Thunderbird via IMAP get an error message telling that there has been an error connecting to INBOX. Watching the maillog I found the following: Sep 16 13:07:43 mail imap(otheruser): File isn't in mbox format: /var/spool/mail/otheruser I accessed the user's inbox file with vi and found that there was a "--604" at the beginning of the file. In other case I found that the file was beginning with a truncated email message. Trying to "walk on the safer side", I changed the mbox_lock setting from "fcntl" to "dotlock" in the /etc/dovecot.conf file. Any suggestions and comments about his will be highly appreciated. Forgive me about my English, it is not my native lanaguage. Regards, -- Francisco Neira B. Administrador de Red Defensoria del Pueblo Lima, Peru, -05:00 UTC

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[Dovecot] NO: Unsupported authentication mechanism
by Steve [Dovecot] 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

I'm happily using dovecot as my IMAP server and accessing mails using Thunderbird... but I want to use the Net::IMAP facilities in the Ruby standard library to write some scripts to automate various spam-related tasks & housekeeping. My Ruby script: require "net/imap" imap = Net::IMAP.new('localhost') imap.authenticate('LOGIN','myuser','mypassword') # More stuff using imap... From the documentation LOGIN uses plaintext authentication - which I understand is always acceptable for Dovecot when connecting from localhost. On the 3rd line I get a "NO response" exception raised (indicating that the IMAP server replied "NO") and the error message "Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Unsupported authentication mechanism" If I change 'LOGIN' to 'CRAM-MD5' (the other value supported by Net::IMAP) then I get a similar (but not identical) error: "Net::IMAP::NoResponseError: Authentication failed: Unsupported authentication mechanism" If I use anything other than either 'LOGIN' or 'CRAM-MD5' I get an error from the Net::IMAP library saying "Unknown auth type" - which is reasonable. N.B. I've tried both where 'myuser' and 'mypassword' are valid - and not... this doesn't affect the error messages. There doesn't seem to be anything of interest in /var/log/messages... Can anyone tell me what is going wrong, and how to resolve this?

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