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Syncing two mail servers?
by Knute Johnson 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

I currently have a mail server using Dovecot and sendmail. I was thinking I would like to have a backup of my mail and an additional server in case of hardware failure. Is it possible to run two identical or nearly identical server setups and sync the mail files between them? If it is possible, in general terms how would one go about this? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson

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Re: Duplicate mails with pop3 + dsync replication
by Nikolaos Milas 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

On 17/8/2015 2:29 μμ, Wolfgang Hennerbichler wrote: >> I was wondering if the same behavior persists with latest version(s), for example 2.2.18. > I don’t know, I have to deal with the packages that come with my distribution’s repository. > >> >If so, how do you overcome this issue? What is the suggested practice? > All I can say is that it works for me with the above setting and a cron-job that runs every minute which expunges mails for the pop3 users. > Thank you for your reply. I am on CentOS 5 and 6, but I am building RPMs for our test and production servers. I recently built v2.2.18 and I decided to give it a try. (I run it with postfix - also just upgraded to 2.11.6.) The issue seems to not occur any more. I had already tested on two test servers, and I hoped someone could provide independent feedback before I decided to upgrade production servers. However, I now also upgraded our two production servers and things seem to be running smoothly. All the best, Nick

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sieve-filter failure problems
by Jost Krieger 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

I use sieve-filter for postprocessing misclassified mail. For false positives I use the following script: require [ "variables", "include", "fileinto" ]; global [ "FORCENOSPAM", "ext", "ext1" ]; set "FORCENOSPAM" "YES"; fileinto "JUNK-PRENOUCE"; if header :matches "Delivered-To" "*+*@*" { set "ext" "${2}"; set "ext1" "${2}"; } include :personal "production"; FORCENOSPAM suppresses the spam handling and the Delivered-To stuff tries to regenerate envelope info. This is my crontab entry: 1-57/4 * * * * cd ~kriegjcb; /usr/local/dovecot/bin/sieve-filter -v -e -W -u kriegjcb -m Spam/U0-failed ~kriegjcb/sieve/nospamfilter.sieve Spam/U0 Most things work fine, but a few of my rules will try to forward mail. This will fail and my idea was I handle this manually from the folder Spam/U0-failed. Unfortunately the mail will arrive there but will also be left in the source folder Spam/U0 and will be processed again every 4 minutes ... This is probably not intentional? Yours Jost Krieger -- | Jost.Krieger+sig(a)ruhr-uni-bochum.de Please help stamp out spam! | | Postmaster, JAPH, resident answer machine at RUB Comp. Center | | Sincere words are not sweet, sweet words are not sincere. | | Lao Tse, Tao Te King 81 |

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Duplicate mails with pop3 + dsync replication
by Wolfgang Hennerbichler 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

Hi, When I enable (and it only happens when it is actually running) replication over TCP my users get duplicate mails via pop3. Here’s what happens: * User gets mail * Mail appears in (Maildir) new/ folder on both replicas * user retrieves mail (retr), calls dele. Mail still exists in new/ folder on both replicas. * user runs retr (and gets the duplicate) and dele a second time, the mail is actually removed. If I disable replication this behaviour goes away. I use dovecot from debian stable resources. Any help would _really_ be appreciated. I found one german thread that dealt with the same problem, but no solution for it (http://www.dovecot-buch.de/mailingliste/pop3-fehler-bei-delete-und-dsync-re…) wogri # dovecot --version 2.2.13 # dovecot -n # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.0 ext4 auth_verbose = yes doveadm_password = XXX first_valid_gid = 113 first_valid_uid = 108 last_valid_gid = 113 last_valid_uid = 108 mail_gid = dovecot mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n mail_plugins = quota fts fts_lucene virtual notify replication mail_temp_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/tmp mail_uid = dovecot namespace { list = children location = virtual:/var/mail/%n/virtual prefix = virtual. separator = . } namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } [48/4646] mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = . subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { default_language = de fts = lucene fts_lucene = whitespace_chars=@. mail_replica = tcp:172.16.1.1:12345 quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=4G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_rule3 = Spam:ignore quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = /etc/sieve/%n.sieve sieve_default = /etc/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +editheader } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)wogri.at protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = dovecot } unix_listener replication-notify { user = dovecot } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 2003 } user = dovecot } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 } service pop3 { process_limit = 1024 } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/sbin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = dovecot } user = dovecot } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/exim4/server.cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/exim4/server.key.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve virtual notify replication } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota fts fts_lucene virtual notify replication sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = quota fts fts_lucene virtual notify replication imap_quota }

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sieve and antispam
by Andrew McN 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

I have a fairly standard antispam/dspam setup: postfix delivers to dspam, which classifies and tags the mail, and then passes it to postfix which uses sieve to put mail into the appropriate folders based on dspam's classification. I also have the antispam plugin watching mail being moved between folders and re-training dpsam accordingly. If I now add some sieve filter rules which put incoming mail into appropriate folders, possibly overriding what would normally result from dspam's classification, will that be seen by the antispam plugin and used for training dspam? Regards, Andrew McNaughton

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Re: Multidomain / IP Address Setup (Dovevot 2.2.10 on CentOS7 ) is failing: Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key: error:0906D06C:PEM
by Christian Kivalo 16 Aug '15

16 Aug '15

>But can you explain why you use globally: > >ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot.pem >ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem > >and certs for any additional Domain each? > >## >local_name mail.pettijohn-web.com { > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/mail.pettijohn-web.com.crt > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail.pettijohn-web.com.key >} >## he configured the top level "default" ssl_{cert,key} as requested by the documentation i may quote myself >from the dovecot ssl wiki page http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration >Multiple SSL certificates >Different certificates per IP and protocol > >[snip] > >Note that you will still need a top-level "default" ssl_key and ssl_cert as well, or you will receive errors. i think, but untested, this default ssl_{cert,key} are used for those clients that don't support SNI (as with apache, which uses the cert of the first site). >I configured it the way you do, but within the default >/etc/dovecot/confd structure but >i had no luck. I testet local_name (SNI), local, local <IPv6> >(dedicated >IPv6 Address but had no lock it should make no difference whether you use one large config file or the conf.d structure. your doveconf -n output would really be helpful regards - c >Configinfo: >1) MTA (Postfix 2.10.1) and MDA (Dovecot 2.2.10) configured on IPv6 >Addresses >2) The MTA and MDA are connected to MariaDB (the default MySQL >replacement on CentOS7 now for virtual domains, users, passwords, >aliaes ect >3) Postfix uses Dovecots SASL Implementation and Postfix and Dovecot >talking via LMTP and UNIX Sockets. > >Details: >### yum info postfix ### >Name : postfix >Arch : x86_64 >Epoche : 2 >Version : 2.10.1 >Release : 6.el7 >Size : 12 M >From : installed > From Source : debian.n-ix.net_centos_7_os_x86_64_ >Summary : Postfix Mail Transport Agent >URL : http://www.postfix.org >License : IBM and GPLv2+ >Description : Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, > >SMTP AUTH (SASL), TLS > >### yum info dovecot ### >Name : dovecot >Arch : i686 >Epoche : 1 >Version : 2.2.10 >Ausgabe : 4.el7_0.1 >Größe : 3.2 M >Quelle : debian.n-ix.net_centos_7_os_x86_64_ >Summary : Secure imap and pop3 server >URL : http://www.dovecot.org/ >Lizenz : MIT and LGPLv2 >Description : Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, >written with security > : primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 >server. It supports mail > : in either of maildir or mbox formats. > >Cheers, >Drav

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Multidomain / IP Address Setup (Dovevot 2.2.10 on CentOS7 ) is failing: Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key: error:0906D06C:PEM
by dravion.smith＠gmx.net 16 Aug '15

16 Aug '15

Hi, I want to say hello and here is my big problem ;D Iam trying to archive a Postfix/Dovecot 2.2.10 CentOS7 Multidomain Setup with multiple (valid StartSSL Certs), but iam only able to run a single Domain Cert server only. ps: I need a multiple domainssetup for every customer and it is not an option for me redirecting any email to a single domain server. I really need this setup working. IMHO: I think it SELinux could interfere with multiple Certs in diffrent folders (it is activated in CentOs7 by default and is needed by other apps) Ok, here is my logfile data: systemctl start postfix.service [OK] systemctl start dovecot.service [OK] /var/log/messages *systemd: Stopping Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server... *systemd: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server... *systemd: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server. /var/log/maillog *dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.2.10 starting up for imap, pop3, lmtp (core dumps disabled) ### This works (Thunderbird, Outlook 2013, Opera Mail ect.) #### local mydomain01.tld { protocol imap { ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/domains/mydomain.tld/imap/imap.mydomain02.tld.crt.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/domains/mydomain.tld/imap/imap.mydomain02.tld.key.pem } } ### this 10-ssl.conf ### --- FAILS (the error occurs after an email client accesses IMAP Folders) local mydomain01.tld { protocol imap { ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/domains/mydomain.tld/imap/imap.mydomain02.tld.crt.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/domains/mydomain.tld/imap/imap.mydomain02.tld.key.pem } } local mydomain02.tld { protocol imap { ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/domains/mydomain.tld/imap/imap.mydomain02.tld.crt.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/domains/mydomain.tld/imap/imap.mydomain02.tld.key.pem } } /var/log/mailog ### Error log ### Aug 14 12:50:38 matrix dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line: Aug 14 12:50:38 matrix dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs I really dont know why a single domain is no problem but if i enable multiple domains dovecots start with any error, even if i set debug verbose leven to extrem high but if i access dovecot with Thunderbird my server loggile explodes with something like this Couldn't parse private ssl_key: error:0906D06C:PEM but the certs are 100% valid and checked over and over again. Any help is greatly appreciated! Greetings, Dravion

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ipv4 imap not accepting connections in mixed ipv4/ipv6
by djk 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

I have two installations of dovecot 2.18, apart from the necessary changes to allow them to replicate amongst themselves the configs are identical. Both are running Ubuntu 14.04 and are kept up to date. One is running 64bit and the other 32 bit (for historical reasons). Both have ipv4 and ipv6 addresses. The 64 bit installation allows access on port 143 and 993 on both ipv4 and ipv6. The 32 bit installation does not allow access on 143 on ipv4, but allows ipv4/ipv6 on 993. Both installations happily allow connections to any other ports that dovecot might be using on both ipv4/ipv6, as well as everything else that is running (on other ports) on those machines. There are firewalls, but no warning messages. Switching firewalls off makes no difference. Tcpdump shows the SYN packets arriving on the (correct) interface. Any suggestions? Dirk

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IMAP folder separator issue
by Alex 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Hi, I'm using dovecot-2.2.18 on fedora22 and having a problem with Thunderbird. I reported this problem some time ago, and received some tips, but no solution that's worked. I'm now trying to fix this in earnest, and having problems. The problem is sub-folders are created with a caret in them, instead of a new folder below the parent folder. So instead of folder/sub-folder, folder^sub-folder is created. I'm using mbox folders, and it worked under previous versions of fedora and dovecot. I believe it has to do with the separator character that's used, based on this wiki page: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Listescape The problem is that those instructions cause errors: Aug 14 20:00:01 orion dovecot: pop3(cerberus): Error: User initialization failed: namespace configuration error: Duplicate namespace prefix: "" Aug 14 20:00:01 orion dovecot: pop3(cerberus): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. I've also had to change the "namespace private" to "namespace { type=private }" as that's apparently a deprecated syntax. Perhaps there's an updated page with more instruction and correct information? I'm unsure where this duplicate namespace is that it's talking about... I've included my doveconf output below, in hopes someone can help. I should also point out that "separator = $" is quoted in the original doveconf.conf but apparently doveconf doesn't properly print it. # 2.2.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 4.0.7-300.fc22.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) default_client_limit = 2000 mail_gid = mail mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_plugins = " listescape" mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = $ type = private } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } process_min_avail = 20 service_count = 0 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { address = 192.168.1.100 port = 995 } } ssl_ca = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/ca-bundle.pem ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/orion-2015.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/orion-2015.key userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { driver = passwd }

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backing up email / saving maildir on external hard drives
by Kevin Laurie 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Hello, Yesterday I tried to back up a 40GB maildir . I tried to move the maildir from home to external HDD but failed. Decided then to compress it(which took several hours). Now changing the disk format from FAT to exFAT to allow the transfer for the large compressed file. How does one back up emails on a external drive? Some advice would be greatly appreciated.

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