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[Dovecot] can't connect to smtp, or login to imap, pop3
by dtra-fyf 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

hi all i'm using fedora core 4, with postfix and dovecot (0.99) installed via yum i can send mail from the server (using mail), and i can receive mail in my user mailbox on the server but i can't send email using a client like thunderbird (it won't connect to the smtp server) and i can't download email from pop3 using thunderbird it always says authentication failed when i try to login using squirrelmail, it always says username and password incorrect but i know for sure the username and password are correct dovecot conf file is as folows -------imap_listen = [::] -------pop3_listen = [::] -------imaps_listen = [::] -------pop3s_listen = [::] -------ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/dovecot.pem -------ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem -------mbox_locks = fcntl -------auth = default -------auth_mechanisms = plain -------auth_userdb = passwd -------auth_passdb = pam -------# i've tried with and without the next line, with no effect -------user = dovecot everything else is commented out this is the log file for dovecot -------dovecot: Apr 14 23:34:35 Info: Dovecot starting up -------pop3-login: Apr 14 23:34:52 Info: Disconnected [::ffff:###.##.###.###] -------imap-login: Apr 14 23:35:09 Info: Aborted login [::ffff:127.0.0.1] my iptables are as follows -------*filter -------:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] -------:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -------:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 993 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT --------A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT let me know, and i'll see if i can post the postfix conf/log file as well any ideas? thanks dave

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[Dovecot] Quota again
by Stian Jordet 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hi, quota is now working well, except that both quota-fs and quota-maildir is showing incorrect values. I have to use this patch to get correct numbers. I _know_ it's totally wrong, and that the cause have to be something else, I just want to know if this is something with my setup, or what? With these changes the values are correct (Indeed the quota-fs is correct, the quota-maildir is at least better...) Best regards, Stian --- quota-fs.c.old 2006-04-14 22:46:17.000000000 +0200 +++ quota-fs.c 2006-04-14 13:55:26.000000000 +0200 @@ -285,9 +285,9 @@ } #endif *value_r = (uint64_t)dqblk.dqb_curblocks * - (uint64_t)root->mount->blk_size / 1024; + (uint64_t)root->mount->blk_size / 1024 / 4096; *limit_r = (uint64_t)dqblk.dqb_bsoftlimit * - (uint64_t)root->mount->blk_size / 1024; + (uint64_t)root->mount->blk_size / 1024 / 4; return 1; } --- quota-maildir.c.old 2006-04-14 22:46:17.000000000 +0200 +++ quota-maildir.c 2006-04-14 13:56:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ if (strcmp(name, QUOTA_NAME_STORAGE) == 0) { *limit_r = root->message_bytes_limit / 1024; - *value_r = root->total_bytes / 1024; + *value_r = root->total_bytes / 10; } else if (strcmp(name, QUOTA_NAME_MESSAGES) == 0) { *limit_r = root->message_count_limit; *value_r = root->total_count;

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[Dovecot] ERROR
by Alex 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

What is this error? Apr 14 18:38:11 alexcasa dovecot: child 12276 (pop3) returned error 89 I'm working with dovecot-1.0.beta7 imaps works fine

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[Dovecot] dovecot error: unrecognized event
by david williams 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

I'm setting up a new server with dovecot 1.0b7. Whenever I try to connect with a mua (thunderbird or outlook) I get this error in the log: kernel: pid 53279 (pop3), uid 15008: exited on signal 6 Apr 14 10:52:54 dovecot: POP3(williams): Unrecognized event: kevent {.ident = 2, .filter = 0xfffffffe, .flags = 0x0001, .fflags = 0x00000000, .data = 0x00004000} Apr 14 10:52:54 dovecot: child 53279 (pop3) killed with signal 6 The system is freebsd 6 with maildir in nfs mounted home dirs. Any ideas on what the problem is?

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[Dovecot] configure option to add QUOTA to IMAP CAPABILITY?
by Apps Lists 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

I'd really like to see a configure option to add "QUOTA" to the CAPABILITY response. I always forget to modify configure and add it manually when compiling new versions. Thanks! Steve

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[Dovecot] 1.0.beta6 released
by Timo Sirainen 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Fixes, mostly: * The login and master usernames were reversed when using master_user_separator (now the order is UW-IMAP compatible). * Killing dovecot master process now kills all IMAP and POP3 processes also. + -a parameter to dovecot prints now all settings that Dovecot uses. -n prints all settings that are different from defaults. + Added pop3_lock_session setting + %M modifier returns string's MD5 sum. Patch by Ben Winslow - PLAIN SASL authentication wasn't working properly, causing failed logins with some clients (broken in beta4) - Fixes to Maildir++ quota, should actually work now - Don't crash if passwd-file has entries without passwords (eg. deny=yes databases) - Fixed prefetch userdb to work nicely with other userdbs - If master process runs out of file descriptors, don't go to infinite loop (unlikely to have happened unless the OS's default fd limit was too low) - Fixed non-plaintext password lookups from LDAP. Patch by Lior Okman - %U modifier was actually lowercasing the string. Patch by Ben Winslow

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[Dovecot] Re: unofficial Survey about your Dovecot server :) to compare with my own server setup...
by Roger Weeks 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

I've posted this to the Wiki as requested. Servers: 2 SuperMicro single-Xeon (dual-capable) 2.8, 1gb RAM, mirrored SATA boot Storage: 1 SuperMicro dual-Zeon 2.8, 2gb RAM, 600GB RAID5 SATA shared via NFS over GigE OS: RHEL 4 Users: 10,000 mostly POP users, SquirrelMail IMAP Auth: MySQL Maildir size: daily averages about 50gb Dovecot version: 1.0 beta 5 Client Software: squirrelmail, outlook, outlook express, thunderbird, eudora, Apple Mail, Claris Emailer, and other odd clients too numerous to mention This system is intentionally over-engineered, to replace the single server Courier-IMAP system that it replaced. Load on each Dovecot/ SquirrelMail server is very low and allows for a lot of growth. Our incoming MTA is Exim, on another pair of SuperMicro machines writing to the same NFS over GigE. -- Roger J. Weeks Systems & Network Administrator Mendocino Community Network

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[Dovecot] Feature request for pop3
by Adnae Mac Uthidir 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Dear List, is it possible to integrate a function for timelimits the pop3-connects? I require this function for an email-masshosting-project. My problem is, the most customers will lookup all 30 seconds or 1 minutes for new mails, that is stupid so I mean. My idea is a function where the customer must wait (for example) 3 minutes for a pop3-connect and lookup for new emails. Is it possible? Thx for your help and for the very good software best regards, Sascha

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[Dovecot] Compile issues dovecot-1.0.beta7
by Mark E. Mallett 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hi, I haven't tried compiling 1.0 series since -test52, figured I'd give it a shot. There were a couple of minor problems. This is building on a fairly ancient BSD/OS box, so the issues may not be universal, but I suspect these ones are. ==================== Building in src/lib-dict/dict.c : loading the 'dict' program fails because it can't find various RAND and other functions. Adding -lcrypto fixes. I did this by hand rather than adjusting the configure script; looks like the need for -lcrypto is detected in other cases, but not here. ==================== In src/plugins/quota/quota-fs.c , line 276: #ifdef HAVE_QUOTACTL if (quotactl(QCMD(Q_GETQUOTA, USRQUOTA), root->mount->device_path, root->uid, (void *)&dqblk) < 0) { I believe the first two arguments are backwards, i.e., should be: if (quotactl(root->mount->device_path, QCMD(Q_GETQUOTA, USRQUOTA), root->uid, (void *)&dqblk) < 0) { I have a vague recollection of seeing this already being reported, but can't instantly find it, so what the hey. ==================== Yours, -mm-

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Re: [Dovecot] unofficial Survey about your Dovecot server :) to compare with my own server setup...
by Rory Campbell-Lange 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Server: VA-Linux 2U rackmount Board/CPU: dual PIII 800Mhz Disks: Megaraid R5, 10000rpm disks RAM: 1GB Users: 150 Imap only OS: Debian testing Auth: postgresql Mbx-size: 100MB-2GB (52GB live) Dovecot: 1.0.beta2 Client-SW: OSX Mail (95%), Squirrelmail, Outlook We use exim to authenticate against the same database. Because we have fairly draconian attachment size limits, the 52GB of mail we are serving contains a _lot_ of mail. Dovecot is working extremely well for us at this site, and several other smaller sites all using a combination of OSX Mail and Outlook. Regards, Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <rory(a)campbell-lange.net> <www.campbell-lange.net>

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