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[Dovecot] Migrating UW-POP3 mbox storage to Dovecot POP3 mbox storage
by Rickard Svorén 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Hi We have an mailserver running RedHat Linux 9.0 with UW-IMAP (imap-2001a- 18.progeny.1.src.rpm), we have user mailboxes in /var/spool/mail/username using the default mbox storage method. Some users have home directories and some dont. They only connect through the POP3 server, not IMAP. We are now migrating both hardware and software to an new server running RHEL 4, i have copied all user mbox files from the old RH9 server to the new RHEL 4 server (/var/spool/mail) but when the users are trying to get their mail they can login but Dovecot is complaining about some IMAP dirs missing, see attached docs. I would like to still use POP3 and mbox with Dovecot, is this possible ? I would rather not have to change the user files. Errors from /var/log/maillog: Aug 11 13:25:15 newmail pop3-login: Login: user0001 [::ffff:82.237.232.61] Aug 11 13:25:15 newmail pop3(user0001): mbox: Can't create root IMAP folder /local/home/user0001/mail: Permission denied Aug 11 13:25:15 newmail pop3(user0001): Failed to create storage with data: mbox:/var/spool/mail/user0001 Aug 11 13:25:15 newmail dovecot: child 9371 (pop3) returned error 89 >From dovecot.conf: #protocols = imap imaps protocols = pop3 #default_mail_env = default_mail_env = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u Best Regards, Rickard

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-lda, sieve and virtual users
by David Blundell 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

At the moment I use a script to sort spam etc for virtual users into appropriate folders. I would like to be able to replace this with a per-user sieve script so users can customise their filtering through Imp web-mail. The wiki says that per-user Sieve code should be stored in the users home directories - are there any plans to provide sieve script support for virtual users? Thanks in advance, David

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot deliver - direct IMAP folder delivery.
by Marc Perkel 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Gordon Tyler wrote: > Marc Perkel wrote: > >> I'm using Exim for my MTA. I set up a trick to deliver directly to >> IMAP folders by using a "-" to separate the name from the folder. >> >> user-folder(a)domain.com >> >> This delivers to user(a)domain.com and puts it in the IMAP "folder" for >> that user. The folder has to already exists for this to work. It's >> very popular with my users too because it's like each folder has it's >> own email address. > > > I'd be interested to know how you configured Exim to do this? I use > Exim with Maildrop as LDA. > > Ciao, > Gordon > > Gordon, A lot of this is specific to my setup. But Exim is addaptable to any setup. You'll have to recode it for your configuration. Router: ################################################### # This router matches virtual local user imap folders. # Folders are addresses folder-name@domain virtual_localuser_folder: driver = accept local_part_suffix=-* condition = ${lookup {$local_part} lsearch {/etc/vmail/passwd.$domain} {$value}} domains = +virtual_local_domains require_files = /etc/vmail/passwd.$domain:\ /vhome/$domain/home/$local_part/${sg {$local_part_suffix}{-}{}} retry_use_local_part transport = virtual_local_folder_delivery user = root Transport: virtual_local_folder_delivery: driver = appendfile allow_symlink create_directory delivery_date_add directory_mode = 600 envelope_to_add file = /vhome/$domain/home/$local_part/${sg {$local_part_suffix}{-}{}} group = mail mode = 600 return_path_add user = ${extract{2} {:} {${lookup {$local_part} lsearch {/etc/vmail/passwd.$domain} {$value}}}}

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[Dovecot] Feature Requests
by Jonathan Vanasco 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

I put them on the wiki page, but I'm not sure if they're read often or whatever. a - Sqlite support I know its been talked about, but it wasn't on the request/todo page until i threw it on there, so i wanted chime in for it as well b - User configurable ports ports are hardcoded in the c source file. it would be nice if these were the defaults, and could be overwritten on the configure file. this way we can run dovecot to test on the same machine as an active imap server, or just have more control over how we run it

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[Dovecot] warning: dovecot list is being harvested
by Dan Hollis 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Just a warning to dovecot listmembers. The list is being harvested. test3943395 is a unique address I created only for communication to the dovecot list. The following spam came from: Received: from dial-dynamic-62-69-52-187.surfdial.murphx.net (dial-dynamic-62-69-52-187.surfdial.murphx.net [62.69.52.187]) by sasami.anime.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j7FLxtv03775 for <test3943395(a)anime.net>; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:59:56 -0700 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:59:46 +0100 From: Neateye <nitaigouranga(a)aol.com> To: Test3943395 <test3943395(a)anime.net> Subject: Gouranga Call out Gouranga be happy!!! Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga .... That which brings the highest happiness!!

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[Dovecot] Re: Starting Dovecot Imap [FAILED]
by Jakob Hirsch 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

hettige(a)mfac.kln.ac.lk wrote: >>>got "Starting Dovecot Imap [FAILED]" >>>Can somebody explain WHY? >>Maybe, if you posted the dovecot version and what is in your logfile >>when you try to start dovecot. > dovecot vesion is dovecot-0.99.14-4.fc4 with fedora core 4 There should be something in /var/log/maillog that could tell you _why_ starting dovecot failed. And please keep list-traffic on the list.

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[Dovecot] Wrong dates in Outlook
by Alexander Tamm 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Hello, We're migrating from Ipswitch Imail to Dovecot. There seems to be a problem with Outlook after converting the emails with mb2md and whole bunch of perl scripts to correct all the idiotic mistakes that Imail has made. Outlook will display the date and time of the conversion as the date of the message, rather than using the Date: header. The same does not occur in Thunderbird or Horde/IMP. Any ideas? Alex

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[Dovecot] test80: in production, occasional assert
by Jeff A. Earickson 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Timo, Test-80, running on our production IMAP server. Setup: Solaris 9, compiled with gcc 4.0.1, mbox format, configured like so: VERSION=test80 CC=gcc CFLAGS="-g -O" CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/openssl/lib \ ./configure --prefix=/opt/dovecot.$VERSION --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-ssldir=/opt/openssl/ssl --with-rawlog --enable-debug > configure.out Still seeing occasional assert messages in the syslog: IMAP(username): file mbox-sync-update.c: line 442 (mbox_sync_update_header_from): assertion failed: (ctx->mail.uid == 0 || ctx->mail.uid_broken || ctx->mail.uid == mail->uid) How do I give you useful debug info? Run the offending mailbox thru mboxcrypt.pl, try to reproduce with the mailbox, send the mailbox in? Otherwise test-80 is working great... Jeff Earickson Colby College

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[Dovecot] Failed authentication to a mysql database (bug or PEBKAC?)
by jigen 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Hi, There is same problem on OpenBSD3.7 and NetBSD2.0.2, dovecot 1.0.test80. With dovecot0.99.14 all works well. Here is a ktrace on obsd: http://jigen.indivia.net/kdump.text tnx, bye -- .jigen

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[Dovecot] "logins with UID ... are not permitted"
by Udo Rader 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

hi, I've just upgraded our dovecot installation to the most recent debian package (0.99.20050712) and now I'm running into some weird problems. Virtual (LDAP based) users cannot login anymore, the logfile shows this: -------CUT------- dovecot: Aug 02 12:34:25 Error: Logins with UID 200 (user some.user) not permitted (see first_valid_uid in config file) -------CUT------- yet /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf has this for the mentioned parameter: first_valid_uid = 1 first_valid_gid = 1 "regular" users can login however ... any ideas? udo -- bestsolution.at EDV Systemhaus GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at

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