June 2013 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] . (dot) in maildir folder names
by Christoph Anton Mitterer 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Hi. Uhm... yeah as the topic implies I want to have . (dots) in my folder names... Unfortunately dovecot's maildirmake hasn't a -f switch as the one from courier/maildrop, but that one in turn is buggy[0] and doesn't encode any characters at all. In principle, maildir++ should allow[1] having (encoded) dots in folder names,... but I don't quite understand how the encoding actually works, cause UTF-7 seems to be already the encoded (without padding and such)... but . is . in UTF-7 as well. Does dovecot support this? At least my mail clients (well I only tried Evolution so far which sucks in so many areas)... couldn't create it... but I guess it's rather a stupid client issue. Anyone knows how it would be encoded? Interestingly, and this might be actually an inssue in doveocot when I create maildirs with non-ASCII chars without encoding these, e.g. maildir/.München/ (instead of the correctly encoded (.M&APw-nchen) Dovecot seems to "export" these to the clients,... at least Evolution shows it in the list of subscribable folders (even correctly as "München")... but it doesn't allow me to actually subscribe to it. Cheers & thx, Chris. [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=709555 [1] http://www.courier-mta.org/maildir.html#id351803

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[Dovecot] dovecot v-2.0, postfix+mysql configuration issue.
by Vimuth 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Greetings Gentlemen, Im in the attempt of configuring a postfix mail server on RHEL6.2 with the said components in the subject. I followed a couple of guides and I beleive that Im almost there, but I get the following error when I try to send a mail to a user who is in the mysql database as follows, Dovecot version that is being used is 2.0.X. echo test | mail vimuth(a)mydomain.rock [root@box1 ~]# tail -f /var/log/maillog Mar 26 07:00:44 box1 dovecot: auth: Error: sql(vimuth(a)mydomain.rock): User query failed: Table 'mailserver.users' doesn't exist (using built-in default user_query: SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d') Mar 26 07:00:44 box1 dovecot: lda: Error: user vimuth(a)mydomain.rock: Auth USER lookup failed Mar 26 07:00:44 box1 dovecot: lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. Mar 26 07:00:44 box1 postfix/pipe[6291]: A9E0E23B96: to=<vimuth(a)mydomain.rock>, relay=dovecot, delay=14255, delays=14255/0.02/0/0.12, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) Mar 26 07:05:44 box1 postfix/qmgr[5675]: 2E5AD23B66: from=<root(a)box1.mydomain.rock>, size=421, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 26 07:05:44 box1 dovecot: auth: Error: mysql: Query failed, retrying: Table 'mailserver.users' doesn't exist Mar 26 07:05:44 box1 dovecot: auth: Error: sql(vimuth(a)mydomain.rock): User query failed: Table 'mailserver.users' doesn't exist (using built-in default user_query: SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d') Mar 26 07:05:44 box1 dovecot: lda: Error: user vimuth(a)mydomain.rock: Auth USER lookup failed Mar 26 07:05:44 box1 dovecot: lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. Mar 26 07:05:44 box1 postfix/pipe[6312]: 2E5AD23B66: to=<vimuth(a)mydomain.rock>, relay=dovecot, delay=16007, delays=16007/0.03/0/0.08, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) As I understand, this has something to do with the way I have setup my database. Im gonna post what are in my most important configuration files and also of course in the database. here's *"/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext"* driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=mailserver user=mailuser password=redhat default_pass_scheme = MD5 password_query = SELECT email as user, password FROM virtual_users WHERE email='%u'; here's */etc/postfix/main.cf* # TLS parameters smtpd_use_tls=yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/pki/tls/certs/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom # set smtpd restrictions smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination</pre> virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/ mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf mailbox_command = /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver mailbox_transport = dovecot virtual_transport = dovecot dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 Now to the *database * mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mail | | mailserver | | mysql | +--------------------+[ mysql> use mailserver; Database changed mysql> select * from mailserver; mysql> show tables; +----------------------+ | Tables_in_mailserver | +----------------------+ | virtual_aliases | | virtual_domains | | virtual_users | +----------------------+ mysql> select * from virtual_users; +----+-----------+----------------------------------+----------------------+ | id | domain_id | password | email | +----+-----------+----------------------------------+----------------------+ | 1 | 1 | e2798af12a7a0f4f70b4d69efbc25f4d | vimuth(a)mydomain.rock | +----+-----------+----------------------------------+----------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) Please can someone help. If you need more information please let me know. I'm ready to tear down the entire implementation and start from the scratch. Many thanks in advance. /Vimuth

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[Dovecot] OT: z-Push
by Christian Rößner 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Hi, just a short question: I have installed and configured z-Push to use BackendIMAP. On my iPhone I have created an account and I can see my mails. Also sending works. So far so good. Now the question: When I create a new folder i.e. Test under the root (/), then I get an error. And after resyncing the folder has been created not under /, but under /0/Test. Also I can not remove that folder over ActiveSync. Does somebody have z-Push fully working with Dovecot or is z-Push designed for Cyrus and only some features are working with Dovecot? So at the moment folder create/move/delete does not work here with z-Push-2.0.3 and Dovecot 2.1.9 Thanks in advance -Christian Rößner --- Bachelor of Science Informatik Erlenwiese 14, 36304 Alsfeld T: +49 6631 78823400, F: +49 6631 78823409, M: +49 176 93118939 USt-IdNr.: DE225643613, http://www.roessner-network-solutions.com

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[Dovecot] Dovecot proxy to Microsoft Exchange 2013
by Ricardo Machini Barbosa 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Hello, I am trying to do a proxy with dovecot to IMAP backend server that are using Microsoft Exchange 2013. I already did this with Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Exchange 2010 and it works perfectly! But with Microsoft Exchange 2013 I can not perform LOGIN. The error log message is: /imap-login: Error: proxy(user(a)domain.com.br): Login for exchange2013.domain.com.br:143 timed out in state=4 (after 30 secs, local=x.x.x.x:59640)/ My troubleshoot was: - tcpdump on dovecot server side: I can see the commands sent/received by Microsoft Exchange. But no the "OK LOGIN" response. /* OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service in xxxx is ready.// //C CAPABILITY// //L LOGIN "user(a)domain.com.br" "123456"// //* CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=PLAIN STARTTLS UIDPLUS CHILDREN IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+// //C OK CAPABILITY completed./ - tcpdump with telnet login on dovecot server side: Works fine. /* OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service in xxxx is ready.// //a login "user(a)domain.com.br" "123456"// //a OK LOGIN completed.// //a logout// //* BYE Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 IMAP4 server signing off.// //a OK LOGOUT completed./ - Log verbose on Microsoft Exchange 2013. Look like that Microsoft Exchange did not receive the login command. Someone already tried do this with Microsoft Exchange 2013 ? See bellow some information about my dovecot configuration: /# 2.2.2: dovecot.conf// //# OS: Linux 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final)// // //base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/// //disable_plaintext_auth = no// //listen = x.x.x.x// //mbox_write_locks = fcntl// //passdb {// // args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext// // driver = ldap// //}// // //protocols = imap pop3// //service imap-login {// // inet_listener imap {// // port = 143// // }// // inet_listener imaps {// // port = 993// // ssl = yes// // }// // process_min_avail = 4// // service_count = 0// // vsz_limit = 512 M// //}// //service pop3-login {// // inet_listener pop3 {// // port = 110// // }// // inet_listener pop3s {// // port = 995// // ssl = yes// // }// // process_min_avail = 4// // service_count = 0// // vsz_limit = 512 M// //}// //ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/certificate/chained.crt// //ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/certificate/cert.key// //userdb {// // driver = prefetch// //}// // ///etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext// //hosts = x.x.x.x// //dn = cn=admin,o=email// //dnpass = xxxxxxx// //ldap_version = 3// //base = o=email// //scope=subtree// //pass_filter = mail=%u// //pass_attrs = uid=user,=password=,=proxy=y,mailHost=host,=nopassword=y/ Thanks, Ricardo Machini

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[Dovecot] DRAC plugin for Dovecot-2.x
by USUDA Hisashi 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hello All, I released the DRAC plugin for dovecot-2.x. http://sourceforge.jp/projects/dovecot2-drac/ It's based the plugin for dovecot-1.1: http://dovecot.org/patches/1.1/drac.c Please see README file for details. Best regards, -- mailto:usuda@designet.co.jp

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot + SELinux permission problems
by Thomas Harold 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

On 6/24/2013 9:58 AM, Johnny wrote: > Yes, /var/log/audit/ with audit.log. There are some archived logs as > well, but no recent messages regarding dovecot perms. Typically you could use "sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log /var/log/audit/audit.log.1" to get a feel for how many SELinux exceptions are happening. Also, when you say that the restorecon -R did not fix the issue, did you check the output of "ls -Z" after running it? However, looking at your original message, I'm wondering why the forward slashes are doubled up. For instance: "/home/user/data1/Maildir//"

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[Dovecot] Error: dict client sent broken reply
by Chris Richards 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

I've been mucking about, experimenting with the expire plugin and using a dictionary. I've got the iteration query working when I do a normal expunge using: doveadm expunge -A mailbox "INBOX.Trash" savedbefore 1w and expunging works as expected. However, I've got over 12,000 accounts on this server, so I was hoping using the expire plugin to could help out. I've configured the plugin, and things kinda work, except that somewhere between 3700 and 3800 users, I abort with this: doveadm(someuseraccount@somedomain): Error: dict client (/var/run/dovecot/dict) sent broken reply doveadm(someuseraccount@somedomain): Error: Dictionary iteration failed doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users It consistently fails at the same user. If I delete that user from the expire database, then it appears to fail on the next user. I also see this in the logs: dovecot: dict: Error: dict client: COMMIT: Can't commit while iterating I've absolutely no idea where to go from here to troubleshoot this. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris doveconf -n: # 2.1.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.7.5-hardened-r1 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.1 ext4 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@& auth_verbose_passwords = plain default_process_limit = 200 dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no login_greeting = Awaiting command... mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mail_privileged_group = 100 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 enotify environment mailbox date ihave 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 = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { expire = Trash 7 expire2 = Trash/* 7 expire3 = Spam 7 quota = dict:User quota:%u:proxy::quota quota_rule = *:storage=200M quota_warning = storage=99%% quota-warning 99 %n %d quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %n %d quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %n %d quota_warning4 = -storage=95%% quota-warning 'less than 95' %n %d sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /home/vmail/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /home/vmail/dovecot/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = dovecot mode = 0666 user = dovecot } user = $default_internal_user } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = sieve quota postmaster_address = postmaster@domain } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve quota" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = " quota quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota quota" } >From dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext: connect = host=localhost dbname=maildb user=dbuser password=dbpass # CREATE TABLE quota ( # username varchar(100) not null, # bytes bigint not null default 0, # messages integer not null default 0, # primary key (username) # ); map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = quota_usage username_field = address value_field = quota_bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = quota_usage username_field = address value_field = quota_messages } # CREATE TABLE expires ( # username varchar(100) not null, # mailbox varchar(255) not null, # expire_stamp integer not null, # primary key (username, mailbox) # ); map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { address = $user folder = $mailbox } } dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = mysql connect = host=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock dbname=maildb user=dbuser password=dbpass default_pass_scheme = PLAIN user_query = SELECT homedir AS home, maildir AS mail, uid AS uid, gid AS gid, quota_rule AS quota_rule FROM email WHERE address = CONVERT('%u' USING latin1) AND is_alias=0; password_query = SELECT address AS user, NULL as password, homedir AS userdb_home, maildir as userdb_mail, uid AS userdb_uid, gid AS userdb_gid, quota_rule AS userdb_quota_rule, 'Y' AS nopassword FROM email WHERE address = CASE WHEN ('%d' = '') THEN CONCAT (CONVERT('%n' USING latin1), '@bordernet.com.au') ELSE CONVERT('%u' USING latin1) END AND is_alias=0 AND CheckPasswordFunc(CONVERT('%n' USING latin1), '%d', CONVERT('%w' USING latin1), '%r'); iterate_query = SELECT address AS user FROM email WHERE is_alias=0 AND length(password) > 1

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[Dovecot] execvp /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda: Permission denied
by Edward Carraro 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

I'm trying to follow the instructions for configuring Dovecot LMTP with postfix for virtual domains but whenever mail arrives, in /var/log/maillog, I see Sep 23 16:01:20 mybox postfix/pipe[572]: 999C83206C6: to=< user(a)mytest.domain.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.08, delays=0.04/0.01/0/0.03, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: pipe: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda: Permission denied ) ls -lh for /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 62K Sep 20 15:15 dovecot-lda It will deliver mail when I do the sudo invocation of dovecot-lda, but I thought LMTP was suppose to be an alternative to that postfix/main.cf: virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_mailbox_domains = mytest.domain.com dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 /etc/postfix/master.cf: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf: service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail #group = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } user = vmail } Did I miss something in my config?

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[Dovecot] Wrong remote IP (rip) in mail.log using IMAP login
by tyli 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

Dear list users While trying to secure our dovecot server with fail2ban I came across the following problem: We use dovecot (1.2.9, ubuntu package) behind a NAT, and failed login attempts are logged with our firewall as the remote ip. Example: Apr 15 08:36:26 mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 6 attempts): user=<xy>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.1, lip=192.168.0.3 Therefore I would ban 192.168.0.1 which means that I ban EVERY user. Funny thing is that POP3 login attempts are logged correctly: Apr 13 11:05:50 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<sgvyniwx>, method=PLAIN, rip=217.81.27.55, lip=192.168.0.3 Any ideas how to change this? Thanks in advance tyli

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[Dovecot] how to setup different quota for multiple namespaces
by Andreas Oster 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello all, I am using dovecot for some time now but always had very basic configurations. I recently have configured a new, additional namespace in order to move archived mails (Thunderbird Archives) to another storage system. namespace { type = private separator = . prefix = Archives. location = maildir:/var/vmail/archive/%Ln/Maildir subscriptions = yes list = children inbox = no } This works well but unfortunately I cannot find a solution to either ignore this new namespace from quota computation or add a separate quota value for it. I have integrated user authentication with LDAP and fetch some user attributes from LDAP entries: user_attrs = =home=/var/vmail/%Ln/Maildir,=mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%Ln/Maildir/,otherPager=quota_rule=*:storage=%$ I configured the quota plugin in the following way: plugin { quota = maildir:User quota:ns= quota2 = maildir:Archive quota:ns=Archives. quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_rule2 = ns=Archives.:ignore } unfortunately this does not give the desired result. Folders under the Archives namespace use the same quota as INBOX. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this ? Thank you for your kind help Andreas

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