August 2008 - dovecot

[Dovecot] syncml with server push email
by Harondel J. Sibble 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Any recommendations for server push email using syncml and dovecot? I am familiar with Funambol for syncing pim info, but not used it for email. Are there any recommended opensource or commercial syncml servers that are known to integrate nicely with Dovecot 1.x? Googling hasn't really turned up much in the way of useful info. To mix it up a little, I was using Funambol for the Pim stuff, but ran into a bunch of issues and switched to eGroupWare which has it's own syncml ability which works quite nicely with my pda. I stopped using Funambol as the server didn't properly deal with the conversion from vcal to ical and as a result appointments synced on the pda end, always ended up 8 hours early :-( This was going from ThunderBird to Windows Mobile, so I am hoping to avoid this happening again. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. help(a)pdscc.com (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager)

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[Dovecot] Multiple network interface question
by Mike Henry 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi all, Sorry if this question has been posted before. I have dug through the archives but haven't found any relevant answers to this question. I am running Dovecot on a server that serves a number of (virtual) domains each with a number of (virtual) users. To read mail I am providing a webmail client and have configured HTTPS connections using reverse DNS so that each domain has its own IP address and that each IP address gets mapped to a different virtual host. Each virtual host presents and HTTPS connection particular to their own domain using the SSL certificate for that domain so that each user only sees his or her own domain throughout. Is it possible to configure Dovecot so that mail-clients like Thunderbird or Outlook can connect via the default port using their own domain (maybe also using reverse DNS) and be presented with an SSL connection particular to that domain (i.e. using that domains certificate)? Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance, -Mike

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Re: [Dovecot] compile with ssl support
by Catalin Ciubotariu 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

it works, thanks Eduardo! i have a question for anyone who know, can i use SSL and system passwords not the plain text file (passwd.dovecot)? it's look a little strange to me to have the password in a plain text file. regards, ----- Original Message ---- From: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo(a)kalinowski.com.br> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:42:43 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] compile with ssl support Catalin Ciubotariu escreveu: > I did'nt know that i have to install first SSL then recompile with CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/ssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/ssl/lib ./configure > > it's ok now but the server does not accept the password > > There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your User Name was rejected. Account: '10.10.10.4', Server: '10.10.10.4', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure connections.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC91 > Your client is not connecting with SSL. I guess that's not what you want. In dovecot.conf, enable the protocol pop3s (right in the beginning), and configure your clients to use SSL. The default port for POP3 over SSL is 995, if I recall correctly.

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Re: [Dovecot] compile with ssl support
by Catalin Ciubotariu 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

I did'nt know that i have to install first SSL then recompile with CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/ssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/ssl/lib ./configure it's ok now but the server does not accept the password There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your User Name was rejected. Account: '10.10.10.4', Server: '10.10.10.4', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure connections.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC91 i attached the dovecot.conf if anyone know? regards, ----- Original Message ---- From: Catalin Ciubotariu <ciubo67(a)yahoo.com> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:51:33 PM Subject: [Dovecot] compile with ssl support Hi, I have installed 1.1.2 first with ssl_disable=yes, work fine but when i set ssl_disable to no and configuring according to dovecot.org (SSL certificates) i get 'SSL support not compiled in but ssl_disable=no' CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/openssl/lib ./configure make make install what am i missing? i starting with a simple dovecot.conf protocol imap { } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { } auth default { mechanisms = plain cram-md5 passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/passwd.dovecot } } user = root }

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[Dovecot] compile with ssl support
by Catalin Ciubotariu 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi, I have installed 1.1.2 first with ssl_disable=yes, work fine but when i set ssl_disable to no and configuring according to dovecot.org (SSL certificates) i get 'SSL support not compiled in but ssl_disable=no' CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/openssl/lib ./configure make make install what am i missing? i starting with a simple dovecot.conf protocol imap { } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { } auth default { mechanisms = plain cram-md5 passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/passwd.dovecot } } user = root }

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[Dovecot] vacation replies
by CJ Keist 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Another wrinkle with vacation replies. I have user forwarding their mail from one domain to our mail server with the vacation reply set. Here is the dovecot script file: require ["fileinto", "vacation"]; # BEGIN VACATION vacation :days 30 :from "joe(a)domainB.edu" :addresses ["joe(a)domainA.edu", "joe(a)domainB.edu"] "********************** OUT OF THE OFFICE ******************* I am on research cruise and will be out of office till Sept. 8th. I will respond to your email when I return. If you need to contact me before then, please send short (<10kB) email to joe(a)someplace.edu. This email is sent by automated responder. Dr. Joe *************************************************************"; domainA would be my server with dovecot installed. Sending to joe@domainA works fine and the vacation reply is sent. But if I send to joe@domainB there is no vacation reply sent. It doesn't even create the .dovecot.lda-dupes file. The log files shows that it is running the sieve script but nothing else. I thought the addresses line allowed you to state that these addresses are good source email addresses to send the reply to. Running dovecot 1.1.2 with Sieve 1.1.5 - -- C. J. Keist Email: cj.keist(a)colostate.edu UNIX/Network Manager Phone: 970-491-0630 Engineering Network Services Fax: 970-491-5569 College of Engineering, CSU Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1301 All I want is a chance to prove 'Money can't buy happiness' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFItElZA29OFr7C6jcRAtFhAJ9RQHVihxBBG71A6aaYPmCSYj6KHACfVchs 3NBx0Br0YnIO0uhjbss+/xc= =ZCSO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Dovecot] namespaces...
by John Doe 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

> The SEPARATOR should just refer to the storage structure and the PREFIX > should refer to the hierarchy. So if you use "/" as your SEPARATOR, then > your storage structure will be user-directory/folder/sub-folder and if > you use "." as your storage structure (the default), then your storage > structure will be user-directory/.folder.sub-folder . A PREFIX of INBOX. > should cause all of the folders & sub-folders to appear under the inbox; > a PREFIX of "." should cause all of the folders to appear at the top > level; and a PREFIX of Mail. will should all of the folders to appear > under Mail with the exception of the INBOX. Thx for your long post! ^_^ I understood that it was something like .<prefix><separator>folder1<separator>folder2 But, from my tests, it seems not to work as expected... At least not with thunderbird. By default, Tbird has "allow server to override namespaces" prefix=INBOX. and separator=. => no prefix and Trash system not working. prefix= and separator=. => INBOX. prefix (from tbird) and Trash system working. '/' in prefix and separator seems to be ignored (converted to '.'). I guess I will leave it to prefix= and separator=. but one user who uses apple mail complained about some prefix problems... Thx, JD

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[Dovecot] unclear alias behaviour
by andel 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi all In /etc/aliases I have set up an alias for "root" pointing to "david" which is a unix account. Other email accounts are virtual dovecot accounts, one of them is "andel". They all work fine using /etc/postfix/virtual when used with the domain name which is defined in /etc/postfix/virtual.domains. But the alias "david andel" in /etc/postfix/virtual does work only when sending to "david(a)domain.com" but not for the local mails sent to "root". And then there is another behaviour I don't understand. In my virtual mail folder /srv/vmail/domain.com dovecot made a new directory structure "david" which I didn't intend, for postfix should rewrite it to "andel". Where is the error? Thanks for any hints, David

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[Dovecot] Custom Debian package bulding
by Juan Asensio Sánchez 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi I am using Debian source packages from http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/. When downloading dependencies, I have seen that the package requires MySQL, that I don't use. How could I remove this dependency or chanage them? Is that defined in any file? However, I would like to use SQLite or Postgres to store dict data for the Expire plugin. Where should I enable these flags? Thanks.

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[Dovecot] auth failed, 0 attempts
by Bruce Bodger 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Does anyone have any ideas what this may be? Aug 25 12:19:01 G520X2 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 0 attempts): rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.10 Aug 25 12:19:01 G520X2 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 0 attempts): rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.10 Hits the server every minute. Running v 1.1.2 on OS X 192.168.1.1 is the router 192.168.1.10 is the server on which dovecot is running. Just started noticing it. Thanks, B. Bodger

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[Dovecot] Issue with: Sendmail, Dovecot and Sieve: -- TECRA_A9 --
by dovecot＠guice.ath.cx 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

sendmail -- Version 8.14.2 Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINET6 NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING SASLv2 SCANF STARTTLS TCPWRAPPERS USERDB XDEBUG dovecot-1.0.7 Secure and compact IMAP and POP3 servers dovecot-sieve-1.0.2 A sieve plugin for the Dovecot LDA called 'deliver' With focus on the installed version of sieve, shown above, the following rule is within our ~.dovecot.sieve: } elsif header :is "X-Original-To" "dovecot(a)dovecot.org" { discard; stop; } The above rule is the seventh and last rule in the file, however the following mail is 'not being discarded'. Should this not be the appropriate forum, please direct me to the proper list and/or forum. Respectfully yours, dovecot_user

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[Dovecot] LOCALSTATEDIR
by Radomir Zoltowski 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi > make distclean between builds solved the issue. Apologies for the noise. Regards, Radomir Zoltowski -- _________________________________________________________ Radomir Zoltowski <Radomir.Zoltowski(a)s3group.com> Applications Engineer Silicon & Software Systems Ltd., IT Department South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, IRELAND Tel.: +353 1 291 1224, Fax: +353 1 291 1001 _________________________________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications(a)s3group.com. Thank You. Silicon and Software Systems Limited. Registered in Ireland no. 378073. Registered Office: South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18

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[Dovecot] LOCALSTATEDIR
by Radomir Zoltowski 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi I'm doing a network install of Dovecot 1.1.2. All is fine apart from a little annoying mistake I've found: I do this: > ./configure --prefix=/appli/tools_Linux/dovecot/1.1.2 --localstatedir=/var && make && make install however, since the --localstatedir is equal to a default value, it is still being constructed as "PREFIX/var" for some reason and in effect produces binary with following strings being built-in: > strings dovecot | grep var /appli/tools/dovecot/1.1.2/var/lib/dovecot /appli/tools/dovecot/1.1.2/var/run/dovecot /appli/tools/dovecot/1.1.2/var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat /appli/tools/dovecot/1.1.2/var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat var-expand.c var_expand_table_build So, the question is, is this a bug or my understanding wrong? I just need a network install, using local /var directiories for runtime data. Imagine that I have no write permissions to the installation (--prefix) folder. If you can reproduce it, this should be it, if you can't let me know to email you all the environment details. Regards, Radomir Zoltowski -- _________________________________________________________ Radomir Zoltowski <Radomir.Zoltowski(a)s3group.com> Applications Engineer Silicon & Software Systems Ltd., IT Department South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, IRELAND Tel.: +353 1 291 1224, Fax: +353 1 291 1001 _________________________________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and is designated solely for the attention of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this e-mail or any part thereof. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete all copies of this e-mail from your computer system(s). Please direct any additional queries to: communications(a)s3group.com. Thank You. Silicon and Software Systems Limited. Registered in Ireland no. 378073. Registered Office: South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18

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[Dovecot] Override config in deliver command line
by dovecot＠iotti.biz 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi all In dovecot deliver LDA, is there a way to override some configuration settings for particular users? Tha full story is: I have a simple postfix/dovecot setup. No virtual users, delivery is done in /home/mail/%u. For a specific user, I would like to deliver to a maildir. Since mail_location is not explicitly configured, I simply created ~/Maildir for that user, relying on the default automatic mailbox location procedure used by dovecot. But I would like to be able to override this setting: for example if I wanted to use a name different from Maildir, this trick would not be sufficient. So it would be nice to have some way to change mail_location (and why not, other config parameters) only for particular users (and for me, doing this on the command line would be good: something like Postfix where you can override config parameters simply writing the new settings in master.cf on the daemon's command line). I noticed the -c command line switch, but I would prefer not to have entirely different configuration files for my users, where a single change must be manually propagated on all the files. I use dovecot-1.0.15 on CentOS5. Maybe this question can be read as a feature request too. Thanks Luigi

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[Dovecot] Errors with dovecot 1.1.2
by Lauri Jesmin 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hello, i upgraded dovecot to 1.1.2 this weekend and i get those errors: grep dovecot /var/log/net/maillog |grep Panic | cut -d " " -f 11-100| sort | uniq -c | sort -rn 7368 file index-sync.c: line 39: assertion failed: (seq_range_exists(&ibox->recent_flags, uid)) 71 file index-mail.c: line 1091: assertion failed: (! mail->data.destroying_stream) 18 file mbox-sync-rewrite.c: line 590: assertion failed: (mails[idx].from_offset == start_offset) 5 file mbox-lock.c: line 675: assertion failed: (lock_type == F_RDLCK || mbox->mbox_lock_type != F_RDLCK) 3 file ostream-file.c: line 533: assertion failed: ((size_t)ret == total_size || !fstream->file) My setup is this: 3 servers, all Solaris, running dovecot, share home directiories via NFS, mbox format mailboxes in home directories. Indexes are separate in every server, not shared via NFS. About 20 000 users total. When old indexes (1.0.15) were present, mailboxes with UID validity problems did not fix themselves, but after i removed index directories in all machines, seems like it started to repair uid validity problems. The first panic seems to be tied to UID validity problems. Some locking problems may be, because i renamed index directory and created new while dovecot was running. -- Lauri Jesmin <lauri.jesmin(a)ut.ee> Tartu Ülikool

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[Dovecot] Postfix and Dovecot SASL authentication error
by sharad kanekar 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

ear All, I configured Postfix 2.3.3-2 on CentOS 5.2 using SASL Dovecot authentication put I am facing the problem to receive mails . My postconf -n result is: [root@mails ~]# postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost mydomain = coreteamsolutions.in myhostname = mails.coreteamsolutions.in mynetworks = 192.168.1.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 mynetworks_style = subnet myorigin = $myhostname newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 And my /var/log/maillog is: Aug 23 19:01:03 mails dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up Aug 23 19:01:55 mails postfix/smtpd[3472]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory Aug 23 19:01:55 mails postfix/smtpd[3472]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Aug 23 19:01:56 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3472 exit status 1 Aug 23 19:01:56 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Aug 23 19:02:56 mails postfix/smtpd[3507]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory Aug 23 19:02:56 mails postfix/smtpd[3507]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Aug 23 19:02:57 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3507 exit status 1 Aug 23 19:02:57 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Aug 23 19:11:08 mails postfix/smtpd[3579]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory Aug 23 19:11:08 mails postfix/smtpd[3579]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Aug 23 19:11:09 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3579 exit status 1 Aug 23 19:11:09 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Aug 23 19:12:09 mails postfix/smtpd[3582]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory Aug 23 19:12:09 mails postfix/smtpd[3582]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Aug 23 19:12:10 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3582 exit status 1 Aug 23 19:12:10 mails postfix/master[3407]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling And our server 's fetchmail -vvv log is: [sharad@mails ~]$ fetchmail -vvv fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying coreteamsolutions.in (protocol POP3) at Sat 23 Aug 2008 07:13:41 PM IST: poll started Trying to connect to 66.7.148.25/110...connected. fetchmail: POP3< +OK Hello there. fetchmail: POP3> CAPA fetchmail: POP3< +OK Here's what I can do: fetchmail: POP3< STLS fetchmail: POP3< TOP fetchmail: POP3< USER fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 10 fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING fetchmail: POP3< UIDL fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Courier Mail Server fetchmail: POP3< . fetchmail: POP3> USER sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required. fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK logged in. fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 805 fetchmail: POP3> LAST fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Invalid command. fetchmail: Invalid command. fetchmail: POP3> UIDL fetchmail: POP3< +OK fetchmail: POP3< 1 UID60-1217729843 fetchmail: 1 is unseen fetchmail: POP3< . 1 message for sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in at coreteamsolutions.in (805 octets). fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 805 fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999 fetchmail: POP3< +OK headers follow. reading message sharad@coreteamsolutions.in@coreteamsolutions.in:1 of 1 (805 octets) About to rewrite Return-Path: <sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in> Rewritten version is Return-Path: <sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in> About to rewrite From: <sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in> Rewritten version is From: <sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in> About to rewrite To: <sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in> Rewritten version is To: <sharad(a)coreteamsolutions.in> Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1/25...connected. fetchmail: smtp listener protocol error Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1/25...connected. fetchmail: smtp listener protocol error fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< This is an e-mail message sent automatically by Microsoft Office Outlook's Account Manager while testing the settings for your POP3 account. fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from sharad@coreteamsolutions.in@coreteamsolutions.in and delivering to SMTP host localhost fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying coreteamsolutions.in (protocol POP3) at Sat 23 Aug 2008 07:13:56 PM IST: poll completed fetchmail: discarding new UID list fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. fetchmail: normal termination, status 10 fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. please help me to rectify this problem. Thanks and Regards, -- Thanks and Regards, Sharad Kanekar

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Re: [Dovecot] password issue
by Chris Buckley 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, gishaust wrote: >> Easily fixed. (You are using MD5 for your passphrases, right?) >> >> in dovecot-sql.conf >> default_pass_scheme = MD5 >> >> /etc/init.d/dovecot restart >> >> That should work. >> > > It work great thankyou for your help. You find this on the ubuntu server > forum as I have posted the same issue and never got a response now i show it > solved thanks again this has been a week long issue. No problem. Please remember to keep dovecot-mailing-list on CC (reply-to-all) so others can benefit. NB: I would recommend looking at CentOS/Red Hat for a proper Enterprise Server OS. All the best, -- Kind Regards, :: http://www.cjbuckley.net/ Chris Buckley :: http://photos.cjbuckley.net/

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Re: [Dovecot] password issue
by Chris Buckley 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, gishaust wrote: > dovecot-mysql.conf and then restarted dovecot. then telnet and came up with > the same issue Right - we're getting there then..! :) > the log says the following > > Aug 25 10:09:12 mta dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.10 starting up > Aug 25 10:09:13 mta dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to > 127.0.0.1 (postfix) > Aug 25 10:11:33 mta dovecot: auth-worker(default): > plain_md5_verify(sal(a)prt.com): Invalid password encoding Easily fixed. (You are using MD5 for your passphrases, right?) in dovecot-sql.conf default_pass_scheme = MD5 /etc/init.d/dovecot restart That should work. -- Kind Regards, :: http://www.cjbuckley.net/ Chris Buckley :: http://photos.cjbuckley.net/

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[Dovecot] password issue
by gishaust 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

hi everyone I am new to dovecot and I am having a little trouble I am getting this error in my mail.log I have google it and can't find a response, Aug 25 08:14:24 mta dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to 127.0.0.1 (postfix) Aug 25 08:14:24 mta dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(sal(a)prt.com,127.0.0.1): Password query failed: Table 'postfix.password' doesn't exist Aug 25 08:17:22 mta dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<sal(a)prt.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured The error comes when I telnet in Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user sal(a)prt.com +OK pass ******** -ERR Temporary authentication failure. This is the current setup. dovecot -n, # 1.0.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail Mysql database for email, host=127.0.0.1 dbname=postfix user=postfix password= ********* Table =mailbox User is = user Column password = password vim /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf has the following connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=postfix user=postfix password=******* default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 password_query = SELECT mailbox as user, password FROM password WHERE email='%u';

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[Dovecot] 1.1.2: imap crash with SIGSEGV
by Ralf Hildebrandt 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

And the fourth and last one GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so Core was generated by `/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. [New process 22723] #0 array_idx_modifiable_i (array=0x9feabec, idx=0) at array.c:11 11 if (pos >= array->buffer->used) { #0 array_idx_modifiable_i (array=0x9feabec, idx=0) at array.c:11 #1 0x080c4788 in mail_index_sync_ext_reset (ctx=0xbf94fa80, u=0xbf94f9f0) at mail-index-sync-ext.c:518 #2 0x080b65f9 in mail_index_sync_record (ctx=0xbf94fa80, hdr=0x9fead40, data=0x9fed0e0) at mail-index-sync-update.c:546 #3 0x080b6bef in mail_index_sync_map (_map=0x9fdc648, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD, force=true) at mail-index-sync-update.c:828 #4 0x080b048f in mail_index_map (index=0x9fdc610, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD) at mail-index-map.c:953 #5 0x080acec3 in mail_index_try_open (index=0x9fdc610) at mail-index.c:290 #6 0x080ad21f in mail_index_open (index=0x9fdc610, flags=49, lock_method=FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL) at mail-index.c:354 #7 0x080a11f2 in index_storage_mailbox_open (ibox=0x9fd8e50) at index-storage.c:383 #8 0x080709ab in maildir_open (storage=0x9fd1cc0, name=0x9fd66ee "Drafts", flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:448 #9 0x08070b14 in maildir_mailbox_open (_storage=0x9fd1cc0, name=0x9fd66ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:512 #10 0xb7eb61ca in mail_log_mailbox_open (storage=0x9fd1cc0, name=0x9fd66ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at mail-log-plugin.c:450 #11 0xb7ec766a in quota_mailbox_open (storage=0x9fd1cc0, name=0x9fd66ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at quota-storage.c:366 #12 0x080a52b9 in mailbox_open (storage=0x9fd1cc0, name=0x9fd66ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at mail-storage.c:459 #13 0x08060cbc in cmd_select_full (cmd=0x9fd25f0, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:32 #14 0x08060ea9 in cmd_select (cmd=0x9fd25f0) at cmd-select.c:88 #15 0x0806276c in client_command_input (cmd=0x9fd25f0) at client.c:580 #16 0x08062803 in client_command_input (cmd=0x9fd25f0) at client.c:629 #17 0x08062dbd in client_handle_input (client=<value optimized out>) at client.c:670 #18 0x0806323e in client_input (client=0x9fd23a8) at client.c:725 #19 0x080dd8d0 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x9fce9b0) at ioloop-epoll.c:203 #20 0x080dcd40 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x9fce9b0) at ioloop.c:320 #21 0x0806b3aa in main (argc=) at main.c:293

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[Dovecot] 1.1.2: imap crash with SIGSEGV
by Ralf Hildebrandt 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

And another one GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so Core was generated by `/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. [New process 22686] #0 array_idx_modifiable_i (array=0x92609ec, idx=0) at array.c:11 11 if (pos >= array->buffer->used) { #0 array_idx_modifiable_i (array=0x92609ec, idx=0) at array.c:11 #1 0x080c4788 in mail_index_sync_ext_reset (ctx=0xbf9dab10, u=0xbf9daa80) at mail-index-sync-ext.c:518 #2 0x080b65f9 in mail_index_sync_record (ctx=0xbf9dab10, hdr=0x9260348, data=0x9260fb8) at mail-index-sync-update.c:546 #3 0x080b6bef in mail_index_sync_map (_map=0x925f468, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD, force=true) at mail-index-sync-update.c:828 #4 0x080b048f in mail_index_map (index=0x925f430, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD) at mail-index-map.c:953 #5 0x080acec3 in mail_index_try_open (index=0x925f430) at mail-index.c:290 #6 0x080ad21f in mail_index_open (index=0x925f430, flags=49, lock_method=FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL) at mail-index.c:354 #7 0x080a11f2 in index_storage_mailbox_open (ibox=0x925ee50) at index-storage.c:383 #8 0x080709ab in maildir_open (storage=0x9257cc0, name=0x925c6ee "Drafts", flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:448 #9 0x08070b14 in maildir_mailbox_open (_storage=0x9257cc0, name=0x925c6ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:512 #10 0xb7e411ca in mail_log_mailbox_open (storage=0x9257cc0, name=0x925c6ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at mail-log-plugin.c:450 #11 0xb7e5266a in quota_mailbox_open (storage=0x9257cc0, name=0x925c6ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at quota-storage.c:366 #12 0x080a52b9 in mailbox_open (storage=0x9257cc0, name=0x925c6ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at mail-storage.c:459 #13 0x08060cbc in cmd_select_full (cmd=0x92585f0, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:32 #14 0x08060ea9 in cmd_select (cmd=0x92585f0) at cmd-select.c:88 #15 0x0806276c in client_command_input (cmd=0x92585f0) at client.c:580 #16 0x08062803 in client_command_input (cmd=0x92585f0) at client.c:629 #17 0x08062dbd in client_handle_input (client=<value optimized out>) at client.c:670 #18 0x0806323e in client_input (client=0x92583a8) at client.c:725 #19 0x080dd8d0 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x92549b0) at ioloop-epoll.c:203 #20 0x080dcd40 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x92549b0) at ioloop.c:320 #21 0x0806b3aa in main (argc=) at main.c:293

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[Dovecot] imap crash with sig 11, backtrace, dovecot 1.1.2
by Ralf Hildebrandt 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so Core was generated by `/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. [New process 22653] #0 array_idx_modifiable_i (array=0x90ac9ec, idx=0) at array.c:11 11 if (pos >= array->buffer->used) { #0 array_idx_modifiable_i (array=0x90ac9ec, idx=0) at array.c:11 #1 0x080c4788 in mail_index_sync_ext_reset (ctx=0xbfeca000, u=0xbfec9f70) at mail-index-sync-ext.c:518 #2 0x080b65f9 in mail_index_sync_record (ctx=0xbfeca000, hdr=0x90ac348, data=0x90acfb8) at mail-index-sync-update.c:546 #3 0x080b6bef in mail_index_sync_map (_map=0x90ab468, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD, force=true) at mail-index-sync-update.c:828 #4 0x080b048f in mail_index_map (index=0x90ab430, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD) at mail-index-map.c:953 #5 0x080acec3 in mail_index_try_open (index=0x90ab430) at mail-index.c:290 #6 0x080ad21f in mail_index_open (index=0x90ab430, flags=49, lock_method=FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL) at mail-index.c:354 #7 0x080a11f2 in index_storage_mailbox_open (ibox=0x90aae50) at index-storage.c:383 #8 0x080709ab in maildir_open (storage=0x90a3cc0, name=0x90a86ee "Drafts", flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:448 #9 0x08070b14 in maildir_mailbox_open (_storage=0x90a3cc0, name=0x90a86ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:512 #10 0xb7e301ca in mail_log_mailbox_open (storage=0x90a3cc0, name=0x90a86ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at mail-log-plugin.c:450 #11 0xb7e4166a in quota_mailbox_open (storage=0x90a3cc0, name=0x90a86ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at quota-storage.c:366 #12 0x080a52b9 in mailbox_open (storage=0x90a3cc0, name=0x90a86ee "Drafts", input=0x0, flags=0) at mail-storage.c:459 #13 0x08060cbc in cmd_select_full (cmd=0x90a45f0, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:32 #14 0x08060ea9 in cmd_select (cmd=0x90a45f0) at cmd-select.c:88 #15 0x0806276c in client_command_input (cmd=0x90a45f0) at client.c:580 #16 0x08062803 in client_command_input (cmd=0x90a45f0) at client.c:629 #17 0x08062dbd in client_handle_input (client=<value optimized out>) at client.c:670 #18 0x0806323e in client_input (client=0x90a43a8) at client.c:725 #19 0x080dd8d0 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x90a09b0) at ioloop-epoll.c:203 #20 0x080dcd40 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x90a09b0) at ioloop.c:320 #21 0x0806b3aa in main (argc=) at main.c:293

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[Dovecot] imap crash with signal 6 (backtrace), dovecot 1.1.2
by Ralf Hildebrandt 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so Reading symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 Core was generated by `/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. [New process 20506] #0 0xb8009424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #0 0xb8009424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7eca640 in raise () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0xb7ecc018 in abort () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #3 0x080d5ef5 in default_fatal_finish (type=<value optimized out>, status=0) at failures.c:149 #4 0x080d5f62 in i_internal_fatal_handler (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0, fmt=0x80e98ac "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)", args=0xbf922a24 "�r\017\b\204") at failures.c:423 #5 0x080d5919 in i_panic ( format=0x80e98ac "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:190 #6 0x080c4746 in get_ext_header (map=<value optimized out>, ext=<value optimized out>) at mail-index-sync-ext.c:131 #7 0x080c47a2 in mail_index_sync_ext_reset (ctx=0xbf922b80, u=0xbf922af0) at mail-index-sync-ext.c:524 #8 0x080b65f9 in mail_index_sync_record (ctx=0xbf922b80, hdr=0x986c970, data=0x98ad860) at mail-index-sync-update.c:546 #9 0x080b6bef in mail_index_sync_map (_map=0x986cb88, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_FILE, force=false) at mail-index-sync-update.c:828 #10 0x080b04b4 in mail_index_map (index=0x986cb50, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_FILE) at mail-index-map.c:932 #11 0x080b4802 in mail_index_sync_commit (_ctx=0x984d32c) at mail-index-sync.c:755 #12 0x08074169 in maildir_sync_index_finish (_ctx=0x98280ec, failed=false, cancel=false) at maildir-sync-index.c:248 #13 0x08072ea3 in maildir_sync_context (ctx=0x98280d0, forced=<value optimized out>, find_uid=0x0, lost_files_r=0xbf922e5b) at maildir-sync.c:795 #14 0x08073038 in maildir_storage_sync_init (box=0x984e9e8, flags=65) at maildir-sync.c:859 #15 0x080a49a9 in mailbox_sync (box=0x984e9e8, flags=0, status_items=111, status_r=0xbf922ec8) at mail-storage.c:509 #16 0x08060ce8 in cmd_select_full (cmd=0x98345f0, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:39 #17 0x08060ea9 in cmd_select (cmd=0x98345f0) at cmd-select.c:88 #18 0x0806276c in client_command_input (cmd=0x98345f0) at client.c:580 #19 0x08062803 in client_command_input (cmd=0x98345f0) at client.c:629 #20 0x08062dbd in client_handle_input (client=<value optimized out>) at client.c:670 #21 0x0806323e in client_input (client=0x98343a8) at client.c:725 #22 0x080dd8d0 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x98309b0) at ioloop-epoll.c:203 #23 0x080dcd40 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x98309b0) at ioloop.c:320 #24 0x0806b3aa in main (argc=) at main.c:293

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[Dovecot] namespaces...
by John Doe 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Hi, I am new to dovecot and I am a bit confused with how namespaces/prefixes/separators are handled by the clients and dovecot... I tried to understand the desciption from the conf file but without success. With each conf I create the following path /f1/f2 on the client (thunderbird) and get the following on the dovecot server: PREFIX= and separator=/ => .INBOX.f1.f2 + .INBOXTrash PREFIX=INBOX/ and separator=/ => .f1.f2 and no Trash PREFIX=INBOX. and separator=. => .f1.f2 and no Trash Could someone point me to some IMAP for dummy web page...? ;D Or, what is the best conf able to handle most clients? Thx, JD

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[Dovecot] Distributed indexes, maildir_copy_preserve_filename, and Microsoft
by Jack Stewart 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Hi, I've just completed a migration from Courier to a Dovecot 1.0.7 (patched RHE 5) which is working great, except for this weirdness of an issue that is impacting a handful of users. My question is that will turning off maildir_copy_preserve_filename help or hurt in a situation where there are multiple servers with their own local INDEX files (uidlist is shared)? The problem is that a few users on a few versions of Microsoft Mail clients are not showing a few messages. They can see the messages just fine in webmail and other, more typical, E-mail clients. I know that the right solution is to upgrade to 1.1.2 and use shared indexes. The plan is to upgrade in a month or so. In my defense, this setup was not of my making, The two things issues that might have an impact are that we have shared (NFS) maildirs on multiple servers with their own local indexes and maildir_copy_preserve_file turned on. The uidlist (CONTROL) is shared and we have sticky connections turned on in our load balancer. The vast majority of clients do not have this issue. Quite frankly I have no idea these clients are ignoring the dovecot-uidlist. Would turning off maildir_copy_preserve_filename help with this setup? Another option might be easier is to delete the users INDEX and let the clients rebuild them. Since this is only a handful of users and we are migrating to 1.1.2 anyway, my preference is to make the bare minimum of changes to help address this problem. The changes need not be perfect nor anytime more than a suggestion or preference. I just want to make things better for a little while. Many thanks in advance. ---Jack P.S. The performance improvement is amazing - anywhere from 2X to 12X depending on what metrics you are looking at. It isn't an apples to apples comparison since we upgraded the servers as well but the "old" servers are pretty powerful beasts. -- Jack Stewart jstewart(a)caltech.edu / 626-395-4690 http://www.imss.caltech.edu

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