[Dovecot] Temporary Failures

[Jack Fredrikson]

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From: Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at buongiorno.com>
To: Jack Fredrikson <jackfredrikson at yahoo.com>
Cc: "dovecot at dovecot.org" <dovecot at dovecot.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Temporary Failures

First up, apologies for double-posting. I actually posted this last one yesterday and the other one this afternoon.

Someone suggested I use the dovecot-new.conf file. If you've ever opened that up, everything's commented out and it only publishes the defaults anyway! Basically worthless if you're doing anything sophisticated, which includes pretty much anything :)

> What version of dovecot are you currently using?  

2.0.15

> Can you post this file?
> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
protocol imap {
  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
#  imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail
}
protocol pop3 {
  mail_plugins = quota
  pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
}
protocol lda {
  postmaster_address = postmaster at creative.vi
  mail_plugins = quota
  log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
  info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
}
auth default {
    mechanisms = plain login
    passdb pam {
    }
    userdb passwd {
    }
    user = root
    socket listen {
      client {
        path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
        mode = 0660
        user = postfix
        group = postfix
      }
    }
}
dict {
}
plugin {
  quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000
#  acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/acls
  trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf
}
protocols = imap pop3
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
ssl = yes
#ssl_disable = no
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mail.13gems.com.cert
ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mail.13gems.com.key
ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2
!include_try /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-private.conf

The problem with the warning message--and it is a *warning* message *not* an error--is that following their instructions explicitly leads to __errors__!

doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:17: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:19: passdb pam {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=pam }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:21: userdb passwd {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=passwd }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:23: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user }

I have very few clients I host and all of them except this new one I just started hosting have used web-based email. This new client wanted spam and virus blockers and so I tried adding them to qmail and crashed it. Since qmail isn't supported I turned to postfix/dovecot. That was Tuesday. My client is prepared to leave me tomorrow. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Tia,
Jack