September 2024 - dovecot

bug dir copy group permissions?
by Marc 23 Sep '24

23 Sep '24

I am not sure if this page is correct, looks at least like this g+s not ok https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/admin_manual/filesystem_permission/ work-around is to manually create dirs mdbox mdbox/storage mdbox/mailboxes. I would think this is a bug as files seem to be created correctly. group rights are not copied on directories, resulting in getfacl #effective:--- for the acl groups just testing with rm -R -f everything below usertest6 [@ shared]# ls -ln total 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 0 0 34 Sep 23 11:50 bak drwxrwx---+ 4 10001 10001 34 Sep 23 12:18 usertest drwxrwx---+ 3 10002 10002 19 Sep 23 11:51 usertest2 drwxrwx---+ 3 10006 10006 19 Sep 23 12:37 usertest6 -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 121 Sep 23 11:46 README where are the group rights on mdbox? [usertest6]# ls -lartn total 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 6 0 0 84 Sep 23 11:50 .. drwxrwx---+ 3 10006 10006 19 Sep 23 12:37 . drwx------+ 2 10006 10006 30 Sep 23 12:37 mdbox now group rights are back? [usertest6]# ls -lartn mdbox/ total 0 drwxrwx---+ 3 10006 10006 19 Sep 23 12:37 .. -rw-rw----+ 1 10006 10006 0 Sep 23 12:37 dovecot-acl-list drwx------+ 2 10006 10006 30 Sep 23 12:37 . trying again with g+s usertest6 [usertest6]# ls -arltn total 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 6 0 0 84 Sep 23 11:50 .. drwx--S---+ 2 10006 10006 30 Sep 23 12:48 mdbox drwxrws---+ 3 10006 10006 19 Sep 23 12:48 .

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why am getting these foldertest17270834637853 / foldertest
by Marc 23 Sep '24

23 Sep '24

I am testing with sharing folders and constantly changing namespaces configs. But quite regulary I am seeing these mailboxes popup foldertest17270834637853 with sub mailbox foldertest

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problems with testing shared mailbox availability
by Marc 23 Sep '24

23 Sep '24

this seems to show doveadm mailbox list -u usertest6 Trash Sent NotSpam Drafts Junk Shared UserShares UserShares/usertest UserShares/usertest/sharedtest3 UserShares/usertest/sharedtest1 UserShares/usertest/sharedtest2 INBOX But thunderbird / roundcube show nothing. Any idea's why?

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Mail Backup from IMAP to POP3
by Reprobus 22 Sep '24

22 Sep '24

Hi, I'm in a situation whereas I need to backup my email from an IMAP server to a POP3 email client of my choosing. I'm hoping Dovecot can do such a task and is there a container to which I can run to set this up from ? My IMAP email server is maxed and I need to dump all the emails off the IMAP to POP3 as to clear it up. Thank You

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shared mailbox not visible, acl_shared_dict stays empty
by Marc 22 Sep '24

22 Sep '24

I am creating the mailbox like this: doveadm -o mail_gid=testgroup2 mailbox create -u usertest shared/sharedtest1 I can set acl's (I think), at least the acl get produces the same. doveadm acl set -u usertest shared/sharedtest1 user=usertest6 lookup read write write-seen insert post doveadm acl get -u usertest shared/sharedtest1 However this file stays empty, I have read somewhere it should automatically be updated? acl_shared_dict = file:/tmp/shared-mailboxes.db How should I add entries manually there with: doveadm dict set file:/tmp/shared-mailboxes.db shared/sharedtest2 kempotest6 or with this syntax still???? https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2009-April/038922.html

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dovecot supports filesystem acls?
by Marc 22 Sep '24

22 Sep '24

doveadm -o mail_gid=testgroup2 mailbox create -u usertest public/publictest1 public/mdbox/mailboxes) failed: Operation not permitted [@public]# getfacl mdbox/ # file: mdbox/ # owner: root # group: root user::rwx group::rwx group:testgroup2:rwx group:testgroup3:rwx mask::rwx other::---

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public mailbox filesystem layout + permission best practice
by Marc 22 Sep '24

22 Sep '24

I have some issues testing public mailboxes with linux users and groups creating mailboxes for users for the first group is not really a problem: doveadm -o mail_gid=testgroup2 mailbox create -u usertest public/publictest1 doveadm -o mail_gid=testgroup2 mailbox create -u usertest6 public/publictest2 doveadm -o mail_gid=testgroup2 mailbox create -u usertest2 public/publictest3 If I remove usertest6 from testgroup2 roundcube instantly stops showing these mailboxes. However when I try to make a new public mailbox with a different group. I am getting errors. doveadm -o mail_gid=testgroup3 mailbox create -u usertest6 public/publictest4 missing +r perm: public/mdbox/storage/dovecot.map.index.log public/mdbox/storage/dovecot.map.index.log, we're not in group I have the impression I am doing something wrong here, maybe configure the namespace with different filesystem layout? I assume it is possible to work with multiple groups in one public namespace? public/ └── mdbox ├── dovecot.list.index.log ├── dovecot-uidvalidity ├── dovecot-uidvalidity.66f00cc7 ├── mailboxes │ ├── publictest1 │ │ └── dbox-Mails │ │ ├── dovecot.index.cache │ │ └── dovecot.index.log │ ├── publictest2 │ │ └── dbox-Mails │ │ ├── dovecot.index.cache │ │ └── dovecot.index.log │ ├── publictest3 │ │ └── dbox-Mails │ │ └── dovecot.index.log │ └── testthunderbird │ └── dbox-Mails │ ├── dovecot.index.cache │ └── dovecot.index.log └── storage └── dovecot.map.index.log namespace public { disabled = no type = public separator = / prefix = public/ location = mdbox:/home/popusers/public/mdbox list = yes subscriptions = no }

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sieve combine or not to be combine ?
by Marc 21 Sep '24

21 Sep '24

I am cleaning a bit my sieve scripts and wondered if I should stick to this solution sieve_before = sieve_before2 = sieve_before3 = or just one sieve_before = and put all scripts in this one. What are the advantages / disadvantages of doing this?

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indexer: Error: conn unix:indexer (pid=562491,uid=10003): didn't reply with a valid VERSION line
by phren＠ist-einmalig.de 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Hi, A few weeks ago we moved our mailserver to a new location. On the new location we use now dovecot v2.3.19.1 insteadof v2.3.4.1. We moved the mailboxes by zipping all mailbox on the old location and unzip on the new location. Now we see an indexer error quite often: > indexer: Error: conn unix:indexer (pid=563158,uid=10005): didn't reply with a valid VERSION line: 1 0 indexer indexer Sometimes when we try to use the index for searching we just get no results. We can't really find a cause for this error on the internet. As solution we found "Just do a re-indexing." Ok, but what may cause this error? And how can we prevent this error in the future? As indexer we use lucene. Any hint is appreciated. -- Phren

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dovecot lmtp delivery fails with compression enabled and mailbox stored under different os users
by jonas＠mc2.dev 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

# dovecot --version 2.3.21.1 (d492236fa0) Error itself(I've replaced some data like original domains/and usernames): Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(lxc(a)forwardusr.org): Started userdb lookup Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(lxc(a)forwardusr.org): auth USER input: lxc(a)forwardusr.org uid=1006 gid=12 home=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc quota_rule=*:bytes=50M Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(lxc(a)forwardusr.org): Finished userdb lookup (username=lxc(a)forwardusr.org uid=1006 gid=12 home=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc quota_rule=*:bytes=50M) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: lmtp-server: conn unix:pid=492384,uid=8 [4]: rcpt lxc(a)forwardusr.org: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=50M Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Effective uid=1006, gid=12, home=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Quota root: name= backend=maildir args= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Quota rule: root= mailbox=* bytes=52428800 messages=0 Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Quota grace: root= bytes=5242880 (10%) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: maildir++: root=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/Maildir, alt= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: quota: quota_over_flag check: quota_over_script unset - skipping Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: User session is finished Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(lxc(a)site.edu): Started userdb lookup Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(lxc(a)site.edu): auth USER input: lxc(a)site.edu uid=1002 gid=12 home=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc quota_rule=*:bytes=50M Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(lxc(a)site.edu): Finished userdb lookup (username=lxc(a)site.edu uid=1002 gid=12 home=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc quota_rule=*:bytes=50M) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: lmtp-server: conn unix:pid=492384,uid=8 [4]: rcpt lxc(a)site.edu: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=50M Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Effective uid=1002, gid=12, home=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Quota root: name= backend=maildir args= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Quota rule: root= mailbox=* bytes=52428800 messages=0 Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Quota grace: root= bytes=5242880 (10%) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: maildir++: root=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc/Maildir, alt= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: quota: quota_over_flag check: quota_over_script unset - skipping Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: User session is finished Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Effective uid=1006, gid=12, home=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Quota root: name= backend=maildir args= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Quota rule: root= mailbox=* bytes=52428800 messages=0 Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Quota grace: root= bytes=5242880 (10%) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: maildir++: root=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/Maildir, alt= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: quota: quota_over_flag check: quota_over_script unset - skipping Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: duplicate db: Initialize Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: Pigeonhole version 0.5.21.1 (49005e73) initializing Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: include: sieve_global is not set; it is currently not possible to include `:global' scripts. Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: file storage: Storage path `/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/sieve' not found Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: file storage: Storage path `/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/.dovecot.sieve' not found Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: storage: No default script location configured Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: User has no personal script Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: sieve: No scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery. Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: duplicate db: Cleanup Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Mailbox INBOX: Mailbox opened Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: Mailbox INBOX: UID 10: Opened mail because: access Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Info: msgid=<F386DD43-FE57-4CDE-A48B-3D0945ACC98C(a)sender.domain>: saved mail to INBOX Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Effective uid=1002, gid=12, home=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Quota root: name= backend=maildir args= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Quota rule: root= mailbox=* bytes=52428800 messages=0 Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Quota grace: root= bytes=5242880 (10%) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: maildir++: root=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc/Maildir, alt= Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: quota: quota_over_flag check: quota_over_script unset - skipping Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: duplicate db: Initialize Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: Pigeonhole version 0.5.21.1 (49005e73) initializing Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: include: sieve_global is not set; it is currently not possible to include `:global' scripts. Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: file storage: Storage path `/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc/sieve' not found Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: file storage: Storage path `/home/siteowner/imap/site.edu/lxc/.dovecot.sieve' not found Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: storage: No default script location configured Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: User has no personal script Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: sieve: No scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery. Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: duplicate db: Cleanup Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: Mailbox INBOX: Mailbox opened Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Info: msgid=<F386DD43-FE57-4CDE-A48B-3D0945ACC98C(a)sender.domain>: save failed to INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2024-09-20 14:24:08] (received-date) Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)site.edu)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw:R2>: Debug: User session is finished Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Debug: User session is finished With error itself. Sep 20 14:24:08 lmtp(lxc(a)forwardusr.org)<486449><+IvZKVhb7WYxbAcAZOUKzw>: Error: Mailbox INBOX: stat(/home/forwardusr/imap/forwardusr.org/lxc/Maildir/new/1726831448.M70920… failed: Permission denied (euid=1002(quakeowner) egid=12(mail) missing +x perm: /home/forwardusr, dir owned by 1006:1003 mode=0710) Basically there's etc. domainA and domainB stored under different OS users. In case etc. there's alias from domainA to domainB which results in lmtp delivery with both recipients submitted in the same "lmtp session" as "batch", it seems that only one delivery happens, as by the time zlib plugin kicks in - effective user id for the process is already set to second delivery user which fails zlib(at least disabling that/removing it from mail plugins delivery/save is successful). I know that it can mitigate by modifying (in this case exim's) conf and setting batch_max to 1, which results in single submit(single RCPT TO), though still curious if that's by design? What I guess is asynchronous compression ? Or that would be considered a bug? Best Regards

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