October 2024 - dovecot

replicator: Panic: data stack: Out of memory when allocating 275GB
by Sergej Pupykin 15 Oct '24

15 Oct '24

Hello, I found similar reports in this ML with values less than mine but was not able to find the solution. I checked size of all dovecot.* files in /var/mail and it is less than 10Gb. Whole /var/mail dir is 1.8Tb. With vsz_limit it crashes much earlier, this log with 275GB produced by setting vsz_limit = 0 Server has 192GB of RAM, can it be some bug? Oct 14 15:51:59 mailserver dovecot[826177]: replicator: Panic: data stack: Out of memory when allocating 274877906984 bytes Oct 14 15:51:59 mailserver dovecot[826177]: replicator: Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_append+0x48) [0x76ac1505e188] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_get+0x25) [0x76ac1505e305] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x106312) [0x76ac1506c312] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1063b5) [0x76ac1506c3b5] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4c571) [0x76ac14fb2571] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4bbc4) [0x76ac14fb1bc4] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xfee30) [0x76ac15064e30] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1288c1) [0x76ac1508e8c1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xfa870) [0x76ac15060870] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xfa8f1) [0x76ac150608f1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(buffer_append+0x60) [0x76ac15060c00] -> dovecot/replicator(replicator_queue_push+0x163) [0x58a11fac0a53] -> dovecot/replicator(+0x4e9d) [0x58a11fabfe9d] -> dovecot/replicator(+0x4ed8) [0x58a11fabfed8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handle_timeouts+0x15f) [0x76ac1508381f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xd6) [0x76ac15085296] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x58) [0x76ac15083ae8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x49) [0x76ac15083ce9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x20) [0x76ac14fed6a0] -> dovecot/replicator(main+0x1a5) [0x58a11fabe865] -> /usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x25e08) [0x76ac14d90e08] -> /usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x8c) [0x76ac14d90ecc] -> dovecot/replicator(_start+0x25) [0x58a11fabe925]

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How to deactivate "!include conf.d/auth-system.conf.ext" without touching "/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf"?
by postfix_dovecot＠gmx.de 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

Hello, I want to deactivate the auth-system.conf.ext because it slows down the system and makes no sense because I utilize passwdfile.conf.ext. I have put all my configurations into the local.conf file, and all the original configuration files remain untouched. I want to stay on this path because that way I know where I made changes, and updates won't cause me any hassle. But how can I deactivate an option that was activated in the original configuration files?" Jens

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Error working with IMAP . Error code: 9 Server response: Logged In
by bdn＠hettich.ru 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

my program sends messages via Dovecot + Postfix . Sometimes it can try to send more than 300 messages at one time. The result is a message: Error working with IMAP . Error code: 9 Server response: Logged In What could it be? a limitation? what? and I don't see any specifics in the logs

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shared mailbox error
by Marc 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

I am getting this error. This file does not exist. Error: t_readlink(/xxxxxx/dbox-alt-root) failed: readlink() failed: Permission denied

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LMTP error reading configuration
by DaLynX 12 Oct '24

12 Oct '24

Hello, I am getting the following error on my dovecot LMTP server, upon delivery from my postfix mailserver: Oct 6 03:31:09 m dovecot[36551]: lmtp: Fatal: Error reading configuration: read(/var/run/dovecot/config) failed: read(size=8192) failed: Interrupted system call - Also failed to read config by executing doveconf: /var/run/dovecot/config is a UNIX socket (path is from CONFIG_FILE environment) This results in mail being deferred by postfix (different host), and successfully delivered at the next try: Oct 6 03:31:10 mailer postfix/lmtp[44835]: 46F0BA329: to=<d(a)l.ynx.fr>, orig_to=<root>, relay=192.168.1.101[192.168.1.101]:24, delay=17, delays=0.2/0.01/16/0, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (lost connection with 192.168.1.101[192.168.1.101] while receiving the initial server greeting) Any idea where it comes from? I am running dovecot 2.3.21.1 (d492236fa0) on FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p5. Here is my configuration: # 2.3.21.1 (d492236fa0): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.21.1 (49005e73) # OS: FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64 # Hostname: m.ynx.fr mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = create special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /usr/local/etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { inet_listener { port = 144 } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } user = vmail } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } ssl = no userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u driver = static } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 } Kind regards, D

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last_login plugin does not update IP
by Maciej Polewczyński 11 Oct '24

11 Oct '24

When using the last_login plugin I noticed that the IP address information is not updated. If there is no entry in the sql database for a given user, the first time the login date and time information and the IP address will be saved. Each subsequent login only updates the date and time. The IP address remains unchanged. Example configuration for pop3 service: map { pattern = shared/last-login/pop3/$user/$rip table = last_login value_field = last_pop3_access value_type = uint fields { userid = $user last_pop3_ip = $rip } } This is translated into the following sql command: INSERT INTO last_login (last_pop3_access,userid,last_pop3_ip) VALUES (1727691183673,'test','1.2.3.4') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE last_pop3_access=1727691183673 You can see that after "ON DUPLICATE KEY" only the time is updated. Is there any way to influence the behavior of the plugin and the sql query so that the IP address is also updated? I'm using Dovecot v2.3.4 -- Best regards, Maciej Polewczyński Do or do not. There is no try.

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Bug Report: Missing parent folders will cause some clients to not retrieve messages
by Brendon Meyer 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Morning/Evening All, This is a general bug report but it applies to most versions of Dovecot that I have tested to date. I tried to find a previous case where something like this has been reported and for the life of me, I can't find one so if I am duplicating an existing bug report - please let me know. The server platform I am using is FreeBSD 14.1-STABLE (custom build) but that really doesn't have much of a bearing as I was able to recreate the problem on Linux as well as different FreeBSD versions and on different architectures going back as FreeBSD 12 under SPARC). Dovecot version is dovecot-2.3.21_6, but I have tried earlier versions as well and the behaviour is pretty consistent. Apple mail versions are multiple, but in the example I put forward below, I am specifically talking about v12.4 which came with OSX 10.14.6 (last release of Mojave). You get the same behaviour out of later versions of Apple mail that come with later relesaes of OSX/MacOS Thunderbird versions are multiple, but in the example I put forward I am using 115.15.0 (64-bit) under Linux. The behaviour is consistent with earlier versions as well as different platforms (such as Thunderbird on OSX, and Windows). Description of problem: When creating subfolders with tools such as imapfilter, if the parent of the subfolder does not exist, Dovecot will allow that folder to be created, and the tool will allow you to populate that folder with messages. The issue then rears it ugly head when you say use Thunderbird and the messages in this subfolder are not visible. This behaviour is not limited to Thunderbird (e.g. Outlook) but I am using Thunderbird as an example here. Oddly enough, the Apple mail client is *not* impacted in quite the same way (though it is impacted but the behaviour is very subtly different). Allow me to explain with a practical example as to what is happening, and I will parts of my *actual* config here to highlight the issue. I have a imapfilter task that routinely archives messages from the likes of "Sent". Easy enough. It takes each message and drops it in an Archives/sent-mail folder with the year as a parent and then inside that is the subfolders of YYYY-MM with the individual months. So looking at it, it looks something like this: Archives/sent-mail/YYYY/YYYY-MM The generated imapfilter rule that is used looks something like this: sent_202312_bgm = bgm['Sent']:sent_since('01-Dec-2023') * bgm['Sent']:sent_before('01-Jan-2024') sent_202312_bgm:move_messages(bgm['Archives/sent-mail/2023/2023-12']) This is all pretty simple - if the folder "Archives/sent-mail/2023/2023-12" does not exist it will create it and when done, it will then populate the folder with messages from "Sent". The issue is that if the "2023" parent folder does not exist, then some mail clients (as identified above - Thunderbird is an example) will never sync that mail. The workaround is to manually create the YYYY parent folders so that when imapfilter runs and creates the YYYY-MM subfolders then they are visible. I said that Apple mail is a weird edge case example. Its behaviour is not exactly simple or consistent either when missing parent folders, but you at least get some visual idea that something is wrong. Screenshots are probably doing going to come across very well in a forum group but allow me to describe what you see in Apple mail. In Apple mail, if the parent folder exists (for example say I use the year 2019), then see the subfolder in a "grey" colour with the name next to it and all is good. This folder *is* visible to Thunderbird and all the Apple mail functionality works. If the parent folder does *NOT* exist, this is where it gets a little weird. In my example, I have a year of 2023. That parent folder does *NOT* exist. That means that if you look at the Thunderbird view of the Archives/send-mail, you don't see a 2023 parent folder. Apple Mail *DOES* see the parent *BUT* two things are a bit off about it. #1. When you look at the folder in Apple mail, instead of being grey, it appears as a white colour. You can drill into the folder and see the YYYY-MM subfolders inside, but generally it doesn't appear to "work consistently". #2. Searches don't work correctly. Manually renaming the subfolders in Apple mail, then manually creating a parent folder and then moving everything back restores full functionality and also means that other mail clients such as Thunderbird for example will then see all the 2023 subfolders (e.g. 2023-01, 2023-02, etc). So ... is this a bug in Dovecot? If so ... has it been previously reported and if not, do I get a bug named after me? :P /BGM

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aliases
by Сергей Сергей 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Hello. Tell me how to set up mail aliases so that mail from one mailbox is forwarded to another mailbox. What configs need to be edited and what to enter. Thank you

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LAYOUT=index requires mailbox_list _index=yes
by Marc 07 Oct '24

07 Oct '24

I am adding a namespace with LAYOUT=index to an existing configuration, and get this notification: LAYOUT=index requires mailbox_list_index=yes Maybe better to just not risk it and add LAYOUT=fs to my existing mail_location=mdbox: lines?

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Namespace for seperate Storage of Archive
by Christian Großegger 05 Oct '24

05 Oct '24

Hi everyone, I found the Solution myself. The key was to simply create an unnamed mailbox directive so that the namespace prefix directly results into an mailbox that Thunderbirds shows as the Archive. Thanks everbody on the dovecot team for making such a brilliant Software! Greetings! Christian namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / } namespace archivns { prefix = Archive/ <--- this is the Name which now appears at the same Level then Sent/Draft/... location = maildir:/mnt/mails2/%u separator = / mailbox { <--- here a name is omitted auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } }

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