sieve file backend: invalid option `active=~/.dovecot.sieve'

[Stephan Bosch]

Op 13-2-2017 om 18:15 schreef Ben:
> Hi,
>
> I am seeing the followin error in my logs (doveconf -n at the bottom 
> of this mail):
>
> Feb 13 16:59:59 mxf dovecot: lmtp(45560, bp at example.com): Error: 
> cs3NOQ7moVj4sQXXXXX: sieve: sieve file backend: invalid option 
> `active=~/.dovecot.sieve'
> Feb 13 16:59:59 mxf dovecot: lmtp(45560, bp at example.com): Error: 
> cs3NOQ7moVj4sQXXXXX: sieve: failed to access user's Sieve script 
> file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve (temporary failure)
>
>
> Looking at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Configuration, 
> the syntax "sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve" in my config 
> is correct ?
>
> Is this a false error that is only appearing because this is a newly 
> created user with no sieve file ?  If this is the case, how do I tell 
> dovecot not to error out and allow the mail ?

Don't specify the "sieve_dir" setting when you're using the new location 
syntax for the "sieve" setting. That setting is deprecated and causes 
the "sieve" setting to be interpreted differently for backwards 
compatibility.




>
> Thanks !
>
>
>
> # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 
> 7.3.1611 (Core)
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = sha1
> first_valid_uid = 1000
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope 
> encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric 
> relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body environment 
> mailbox date ihave enotify
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> 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
> }
> passdb {
>   args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> plugin {
>   sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve
>   sieve_dir = ~/sieve
> }
> protocols = imap lmtp
> service auth {
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth {
>     group = postfix
>     mode = 0660
>     user = postfix
>   }
>   unix_listener auth-userdb {
>     group = its_virtmail
>     mode = 0660
>     user = its_virtmail
>   }
> }
> service imap-login {
>   process_min_avail = 3
> }
> service lmtp {
>   process_min_avail = 5
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
>     group = postfix
>     mode = 0600
>     user = postfix
>   }
>   user = its_virtmail
> }
> service managesieve-login {
>   inet_listener sieve {
>     port = 4190
>   }
>   inet_listener sieves {
>     address =
>     port = 5190
>     ssl = yes
>   }
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = <REMOVED
> ssl_cipher_list = REMOVED
> ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048
> ssl_key = </REMOVED
> ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes
> ssl_protocols = !SSlv2 !SSLv3
> userdb {
>   driver = passwd
> }
> userdb {
>   args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> protocol lmtp {
>   mail_plugins = sieve
>   postmaster_address = me at example.com
> }
> protocol lda {
>   deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$
>   mail_plugins = sieve
>   postmaster_address = postmaster
>   quota_full_tempfail = yes
>   rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
> }
> protocol imap {
>   imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail
>   mail_max_userip_connections = 20
> }