Aha!

Is my tar the issue, on all OSes? Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD?
I don't think so.

How do you extract that file in Linux? tar -zxf FILENAME.tar.gz??


On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM Patrick Domack via dovecot
<[email protected]> wrote:
     It was a link to the file location in the git repo, not a download 
     link. The file is fine.

     Quoting Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <[email protected]>:

     > There is no reason why anyone should go through a 'special download
     > process' to open a .tar.gz, or no?
     > I suppose you just need to fix whatever is wrong with the file.
     > I have had to follow a convoluted process to open it, when a tar -
     xzf
     > should be enough.
     >
     > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-
     xchange.com>
     > wrote:
     >
     >>
     >> > On 28/05/2025 22:44 EEST Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <
     >> [email protected]> wrote:
     >> >
     >> >
     >> >      > > Hi!
     >> >      > >
     >> >      > > Please see
     >> >      > > https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-
     to-
     >> >      2.4.html and
     >> >      > >
     >> https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-
     >> >      config.tar.gz,
     >> >      > > hopefully these already help you forward.
     >> >      > >
     >> >      > > Aki
     >> >      > >
     >> >      >
     >> >      >
     >> >      > You guys need to fix that example config archive!
     >> >      >
     >> >      > root@eu:/home/wash/Mara.Cloud# wget
     >> >      > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-
     example-
     >> >      config.tar.gz
     >> >      > --2025-05-28 13:03:53--
     >> >      > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-
     example-
     >> >      config.tar.gz
     >> >      > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3
     >> >      > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:
     443...
     >> >      connected.
     >> >      > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
     >> >      > Length: unspecified [text/html]
     >> >      > Saving to: ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz’
     >> >      >
     >> >      > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz
     >> >      [ <=>
     >> >      >
     >> >      >                                                   ]
     172.85K  --.-
     >> >      KB/s    in
     >> >      > 0.07s
     >> >      >
     >> >      > 2025-05-28 13:03:54 (2.57 MB/s) - ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-
     >> >      config.tar.gz’
     >> >      > saved [176999]
     >> >      >
     >> >
     >> >      The tar is fine, your wget is not.
     >> >
     >> >      Aki
     >> >
     >> >
     >>
     >> If you open the link first and then pick up the link to download
     it as raw
     >> file, it'll actually work.
     >>
     >> Aki
     >>
     >>
     >
     > --
     > Best regards,
     > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
     > Nairobi,KE
     > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
     >  In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.
     > "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)
     > [How to ask smart questions:
     > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]



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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.
"Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-)
[How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-
questions.html]
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