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[Dovecot] corrupted inboxes
by Josh Burley 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Hi all, Two users on our system have recently had trouble reading their inbox, and it seems to be a result of their inbox getting corrupted. In the most recent case, their Mailbox file (in /home/eric/Mailbox in this case), has the following as the first line: cnw.igmg-- Here's a piece of the logs below... if you look for "eric", there's a successfully delivery, followed a bit later by a POP attempt by "eric" that returns that the Mailbox isn't in mbox format. Any ideas? .josh Mar 11 14:59:04 core postfix/local[8203]: 27D18279857E: to=<eric(a)kuci.org>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox) Mar 11 14:59:04 core postfix/qmgr[7238]: 27D18279857E: removed Mar 11 14:59:06 core postfix/smtpd[8199]: disconnect from user-0c8gg6h.cable.mindspring.com[24.136.64.209] Mar 11 14:59:13 core pop3-login: Login: gtt [::ffff:67.120.76.169] Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtpd[7575]: connect from webhost2.ethr.net[208.37.25.24] Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtpd[7575]: setting up TLS connection from webhost2.ethr.net[208.37.25.24] Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtpd[7575]: TLS connection established from webhost2.ethr.net[208.37.25.24]: TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits) Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtpd[7575]: 242E2279857E: client=webhost2.ethr.net[208.37.25.24] Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/cleanup[8201]: 242E2279857E: message-id=<bb165712392a2b4375d6da0efa3c046c(a)www.ethr.net> Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/qmgr[7238]: 242E2279857E: from=<nobody(a)webhost2.ethr.net>, size=1527, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/cleanup[8201]: 6F63A2798580: message-id=<bb165712392a2b4375d6da0efa3c046c(a)www.ethr.net> Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/local[8203]: 242E2279857E: to=<r-ethr(a)kuci.org>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (forwarded as 6F63A2798580) Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/qmgr[7238]: 6F63A2798580: from=<nobody(a)webhost2.ethr.net>, size=1653, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtpd[7575]: disconnect from webhost2.ethr.net[208.37.25.24] Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/qmgr[7238]: 242E2279857E: removed Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtp[8250]: setting up TLS connection to blade.butterzone.net Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtp[8250]: verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtp[8250]: Peer verification: CommonName in certificate does not match: tloin.butterzone.net != blade.butterzone.net Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtp[8250]: Peer certficate could not be verified Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/smtp[8250]: 6F63A2798580: to=<r(a)butterzone.net>, orig_to=<r-ethr(a)kuci.org>, relay=blade.butterzone.net[208.37.27.136], delay=0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 4783AC2C130) Mar 11 14:59:18 core postfix/qmgr[7238]: 6F63A2798580: removed Mar 11 14:59:23 core pop3(eric): File isn't in mbox format: /home/eric/Mailbox Mar 11 14:59:24 core pop3-login: Login: eric [::ffff:128.195.131.49] Mar 11 14:59:24 core pop3(eric): File isn't in mbox format: /home/eric/Mailbox Mar 11 14:59:24 core pop3(eric): File isn't in mbox format: /home/eric/Mailbox Mar 11 14:59:24 core pop3(eric): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more information. [2005-03-11 14:59:24] Mar 11 14:59:49 core pop3-login: Login: eric [::ffff:128.195.131.49] Mar 11 14:59:49 core pop3(eric): File isn't in mbox format: /home/eric/Mailbox Mar 11 14:59:49 core pop3(eric): File isn't in mbox format: /home/eric/Mailbox Mar 11 14:59:49 core pop3(eric): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more information. [2005-03-11 14:59:49] Mar 11 14:59:53 core imap-login: Login: jeanie [::ffff:128.195.131.2] Mar 11 14:59:58 core last message repeated 5 times

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Re: [Dovecot] aha! (was apple mail vs. v0.99)
by sean finney 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

hello! On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 11:08:39PM +0200, dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org wrote: > From: "Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski" <D.Mierzejewski(a)icm.edu.pl> > > According to RFC3501 (is this the right one?), NOOP can be used to check > for new mail, but it doesn't say that the server should return status > data every time NOOP is issued. i think the problem is that when the server asynchronously reports to the client that there's new mail apple mail gets confused. then noop doesn't report new mail. also, it seems that this is also the cause of apple mail having to re-download the entire mailbox every time it checks for new mail. > From: Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> > > How did you disable them? I think enabling oe6-fetch-no-newmail > workaround should help. i set: mailbox_check_interval = 0 mailbox_idle_check_interval = 0 which did the trick (i already had all the client workarounds enabled). thanks, sean

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[Dovecot] empty namespace prefix doesn't honor hidden (PATCH)
by Geo Carncross 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

diff -u -r1.44 cmd-list.c --- src/imap/cmd-list.c 5 Feb 2005 18:07:26 -0000 1.44 +++ src/imap/cmd-list.c 15 Mar 2005 16:15:27 -0000 @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ ctx->inbox && cur_ref == ctx->ref, ns->sep); if (*cur_ref != '\0' || *cur_prefix == '\0') - match = IMAP_MATCH_CHILDREN; + match = ns->hidden ? IMAP_MATCH_NO : IMAP_MATCH_CHILDREN; else { len = strlen(cur_prefix); if (cur_prefix[len-1] == ns->sep) -- Internet Connection High Quality Web Hosting http://www.internetconnection.net/

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[Dovecot] Authentication to Active Directory
by Chris Wakelin 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Has anybody managed to have Dovecot authenticate to Microsoft Active Directory? I've tried to get it to work using LDAP and the following settings dovecot.conf: userdb = ldap /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf passdb = ldap /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf dovecot-ldap.conf: hosts = rdg-home.ad.rdg.ac.uk dn = cn=bind-user,cn=users,dc=rdg-home,dc=ad,dc=rdg,dc=ac,dc=uk dnpass = XXXXX ldap_version = 2 base = dc=rdg-home,dc=ad,dc=rdg,dc=ac,dc=uk user_filter = (sAMAccountName=%u) pass_filter = (sAMAccountName=%u) I've also tried things like "(&(objectClass=sAMACcountName)(cn=%u))" to no avail. It appears to bind properly, but never finds the account, so login fails. I've had Active Directory authentication working with Squid and with Cyrus SASL/IMAP. Best Wishes, Chris --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] Drac and Dovecot, almost there ...
by Jon Shoberg 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

I have dracd and dovecot up and running and trying to get the two connected. I'm using the FC3 rpms from callimg yum install. I've downloaded the drac patch from http://dovecot.org/patches/drac.c and compiled it with both gcc -Wall -W -shared -fPIC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I$dovecot -I$dovecot/src/lib drac.c -o drac.so -ldrac and gcc -Wall -W -shared -fPIC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I$dovecot -I$dovecot/src/lib drac.c -o drac.so I get no warnings or errors on the compiling to drac.so. In the conf file I have imap_use_modules = yes imap_modules = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap However, I don't see the module being called. Is there a way to tell. The dracd database (/etc/mail/dracd.db) is not being updated via testing with the drac utilities. Thoughts? Ideas? Below is output from a strace ... I don't see /usr/lib/dovecot/imap/drac.so being opened ... execve("/usr/sbin/dovecot", ["/usr/sbin/dovecot"], [/* 20 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="masra.org", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8c85000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28209, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 28209, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xf6ff9000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libssl.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\226"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=213600, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x7c0000, 212692, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7c0000 old_mmap(0x7f1000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x31000) = 0x7f1000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libcrypto.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\31d\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=933408, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x617000, 949656, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x617000 old_mmap(0x6ea000, 73728, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xd2000) = 0x6ea000 old_mmap(0x6fc000, 11672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x6fc000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320\214"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=82944, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf6ff8000 old_mmap(0x724000, 80272, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x724000 old_mmap(0x737000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13000) = 0x737000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`\370[\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=415188, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x5b0000, 413000, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x5b0000 old_mmap(0x613000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x63000) = 0x613000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libcom_err.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\3548Y\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=7004, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x593000, 8636, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x593000 old_mmap(0x595000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x595000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`Bp\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=136016, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x701000, 134560, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x701000 old_mmap(0x721000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x20000) = 0x721000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360\363"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=81316, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x57d000, 80040, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x57d000 mprotect(0x58c000, 18600, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x58d000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf000) = 0x58d000 old_mmap(0x58f000, 6312, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x58f000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\313"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=16908, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x4ec000, 12388, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4ec000 old_mmap(0x4ee000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x4ee000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\205"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=63528, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf6ff7000 old_mmap(0x517000, 65028, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x517000 old_mmap(0x526000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe000) = 0x526000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 O=\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1524828, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(0x3c0000, 1219740, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x3c0000 mprotect(0x4e3000, 27804, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4e4000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x123000) = 0x4e4000 old_mmap(0x4e8000, 7324, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4e8000 close(3) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf6ff6000 mprotect(0x4e4000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x4ee000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x58d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x3bc000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xf6ff66c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 munmap(0xf6ff9000, 28209) = 0 time(NULL) = 1110856826 brk(0) = 0x8c85000 brk(0x8cae000) = 0x8cae000 uname({sys="Linux", node="masra.org", ...}) = 0 getpid() = 18177 geteuid32() = 510 open("/etc/dovecot.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20533, ...}) = 0 pread(3, "## Dovecot 1.0 configuration fil"..., 2048, 0) = 2048 pread(3, "ges, use this logfile instead of"..., 2023, 2048) = 2023 pread(3, "g\n# we check only once in a seco"..., 1970, 4071) = 1970 pread(3, "to give \"mail\" group write acces"..., 2046, 6041) = 2046 pread(3, "STRUCTURE\n# gen"..., 1981, 8087) = 1981 pread(3, "is setting specifies the minimum"..., 2034, 10068) = 2034 pread(3, "dlinks = no\n\n# Check if mails\' c"..., 2026, 12102) = 2026 pread(3, "processes then.\n#mail_drop_priv_"..., 1986, 14128) = 1986 pread(3, " client authenticates in the IMA"..., 2029, 16114) = 2029 pread(3, "ice> | *]: PAM authentication\n# "..., 2034, 18143) = 2034 pread(3, "s, so it may be 0600-root owned "..., 356, 20177) = 356 close(3) = 0 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(3) = 0 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(3) = 0 open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1686, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf6fff000 read(3, "#\n# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# An ex"..., 4096) = 1686 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xf6fff000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28209, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 28209, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xf6ff9000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320\32"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=47496, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 41604, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf6feb000 old_mmap(0xf6ff4000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8000) = 0xf6ff4000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0xf6ff4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xf6ff9000, 28209) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3306, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf6fff000 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 3306 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xf6fff000, 4096) = 0 access("/usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login", X_OK) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3306, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf6fff000 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 3306 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xf6fff000, 4096) = 0 access("/usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login", X_OK) = 0 access("/usr/libexec/dovecot/imap", X_OK) = 0 access("/usr/lib/dovecot/imap", R_OK|X_OK) = 0 access("/usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3", X_OK) = 0 access("/usr/lib/dovecot/pop3", R_OK|X_OK) = 0 access("/usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem", R_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) write(2, "Fatal: ", 7Fatal: ) = 7 write(2, "Can\'t use SSL certificate /usr/s"..., 77Can't use SSL certificate /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem: Permission denied) = 77 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 exit_group(89) = ?

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 64-bit and Pine error
by Remy Zandwijk 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Hi all, I compiled a 64-bit Dovecot stable (13-03-2005) version on a Solaris 9 box with gcc 3.4.2. OpenSSL and libiconv are compiled 64-bit also. The configure I use: export CPPFLAGS="-m64 -I/var/tmp/openssl/include" export LDFLAGS="-m64 -L/var/tmp/openssl/lib" ./configure \ --prefix=/opt/dovecot \ --sysconfdir=/etc/opt/dovecot \ --disable-shared \ --with-libiconv-prefix=/var/tmp/iconv \ --without-passwd-file \ --without-shadow \ --without-vpopmail \ --without-static-userdb \ --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-ssldir=/etc/opt/dovecot/cert \ --without-pop3d Dovecot is running fine, all email clients are running fine, except for Pine (4.62). When saving a mail to another IMAP mailbox, Pine report an error message and the logfile shows: Mar 14 16:33:28 tbox dovecot: [ID 107833 local1.error] IMAP(tstud1): utime(/var/tmp/var_mailstore/ t/tstud1/.Drafts/tmp/1110814408.P2681Q0M979308.tbox) failed: Value too large for defined data type Compiling Dovecot in 32-bit, saving mail within Pine is doing just fine. I guess this is caused by maildir-save.c, line 219. Is this a bug in Solaris or Dovecot? -Remy

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[Dovecot] dovecot 0.99 + apple mail.app
by sean finney 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

hello all, first off, a success story. after much testing and preperation, we've switched from uw-imap to dovecot. i am not kidding when i say that we have experienced an order of magnitude decrease in server load (previously load peaks were 40-60, now they are 3-4). so, suffice to say that the mail admins here are very happy :) one problem that has come up though is particular to apple's mail.app. when a client recieves a new message, they aren't notified that it's arrived, and often even when pressing "check for new mail" they don't see it come in. however, if they move from one mailbox to another, and then back, it shows up. it also shows up if thtey completely quit out of the program and start it back up. i'm going to try and get a packet dump of this to see if i can find out what's happening in the conversation, but figured in the meantime i'd put my feelers out to see if anyone else is having this problem. thanks, sean

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[Dovecot] dovecot-stable mbox weirdness
by Matt Howard 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

I just tested dovecot-stable from 2005-03-08 and 03-12 and saw the following behavior. All of my mbox folders show is the first message's header. None of the files were truncated (whew, saves a restore). I had 0.99.12.1 installed before this, and just switched back to 0.99.14. Both 0.99.x versions work fine. I removed all of the index files to see if there was a hiccup there, with no effect. System is Slackware 10.0. My package was built with this: http://tinyurl.com/6l2vv

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[Dovecot] aha! (was apple mail vs. v0.99)
by sean finney 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

it seems that when you say "check for new mail" in apple mail, it sends a NOOP to the imap server to get the response. in uw, the conversation is something like: 25 NOOP 25 OK NOOP completed 26 NOOP * 2796 EXISTS * 7 RECENT 26 OK NOOP completed however, with dovecot, if it has already notified the client that new mail has arrived, it will look something like: * 24 EXISTS * 2 RECENT 22 NOOP 22 OK NOOP completed. 23 NOOP 23 OK NOOP completed. (the counts are different because these are seperate accounts) so evidently, apple mail is too stupid to realize to read info from the server unless it asked for it... so now that i think i have a short-term fix (disabling notification for new mail server-side), i can breathe a sigh of relief. for a long-term fix, would it be possible to have the server always notify the client of new mail after a NOOP? thanks, sean

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[Dovecot] Authentication error after authentication query (for Eudora 5.2 on Mac)
by Tim Alberts 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Greetings all, I'm a new user of Dovecot and want to say thanks for the great software. I am having a problem at the moment. I run a heterogeneous network with windows and Mac clients logging into a Fedora Linux 2 box running sendmail and previously UW-IMAP, but now Dovecot. I am using strictly pop3, plain authentication with mbox format. Every computer in the network is working fine with this sytem, except 1. A mac running Eurdora mail 5.2. It gives me an Authentication error every time it tries to get mail. I telnet into the server and when I skip the AUTH process and just log in, the server works fine as follows: [talberts@localhost ~]$ telnet mail.inside.msi 110 Trying 192.168.0.3... Connected to mail.inside.msi (192.168.0.3). Escape character is '^]'. +OK dovecot ready. user tdazey +OK pass ****** +OK Logged in. quit +OK Logging out. Connection closed by foreign host. [talberts@localhost ~]$ However, when I do the following session: [talberts@localhost ~]$ telnet mail.inside.msi 110 Trying 192.168.0.3... Connected to mail.inside.msi (192.168.0.3). Escape character is '^]'. +OK dovecot ready. auth cram_md5 -ERR Unsupported authentication mechanism. auth login -ERR Unsupported authentication mechanism. auth plain + user tdazey -ERR Authentication failed. user tdazey +OK pass ****** +OK Logged in. quit +OK Logging out. Connection closed by foreign host. [talberts@localhost ~]$ I don't need any authentication except plain. However, when the client queries the settings, it fails the login. I tried this on multiple accounts with the same results. What do I do to fix this?

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