Sieve is not working. Before the upgrade to Debian 13 from Debian 12,
sieve was working fine. Mail was being moved to different folders
according to the rules. The rules have not changed, and have been
revalidated subsequent to the move. Despite logging, there is no sign that
sieve is ever running, although test mail messages qualify for being
moved.
The output from doveconf -n is attached. The only mention of sieve in
/var/log/mail.log is:
Sep 28 04:28:02 mx dovecot[1861243]: master: Dovecot v2.4.1-4 (7d8c0e5759)
starting up for imap, lmtp, sieve, pop3 (core dumps disabled)
The only recent mention of sieve in any log (apart from dpkg) is:
mail.log:Sep 28 04:28:02 mx dovecot[1861243]: master: Dovecot v2.4.1-4
(7d8c0e5759) starting up for imap, lmtp, sieve, pop3 (core dumps disabled)
Older logs show testing actions, but no actual sieve operations.
managesieve is working.
On 28/09/2025 08:28, Aki Tuomi via dovecot wrote:
What exactly is not working? Can you attach doveconf -n output and, if
necessary, log entries?
Aki
On 28/09/2025 10:09 EEST Martin Brampton via dovecot
[1]<[1][email protected]> wrote:
Is there any answer to my problem with sieve not working with Dovecot
2.4.1 from Debian 13?
I have twice been told that it will work if my configuration includes:
protocol lmtp { mail_plugins {
sieve = yes }
}}
But that has always been present. There is one and only one entry for
protocol lmtp.
It still makes no sense to me that logs complain about a non-existent
module - it is not referenced anywhere in the configuration.
Is there any solution or must I downgrade to Dovecot 2.3 to have a
properly working system?
Best regards, Martin
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On Sunday, Sep 28, 2025 at 7:26 am, Aki Tuomi via dovecot
[4]<[4][email protected] (mailto:[5][email protected])> wrote:
On 28/09/2025 04:36 EEST John via dovecot [5]<[6][email protected]>
wrote:
>
Debian dovecot 2.4.1 /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-lmtp.conf has the lines
"mail_plugin" and "sieve = yes" commented-out by default.
dovecot.conf should have a line at the bottom "!include_try
local.conf". Uncomment this line. Place the above lines in
/etc/dovecot/local.conf.
Always run doveconf for syntax correctness. Invalid syntax in
dovecot.conf will log.
FYI: Many dovecot sections and variables can be overridden by later
occurrences, but some are not. I run dovecot on Debian. Debian
dovecot.conf concatenates conf.d/* into one file. The "passwd pam" {
... } cannot be overridden.
Always run doveconf to see how many passwd and userdb sections
show-up.
Pro-tip: Remove the include conf.d/* lines in dovecot.conf. and just
manually concatenate the conf.d/* lines in dovecot.conf. Everything
in one place and your configuration won't break when an upgrade
occurs. Do you want to have many changes in multiple files under
conf.d/*?
I filed a security bug with dovecot 2.4.1. I have not heard back. I
read that I am supposed to file this kind of bug with the Linux
Distro, Debian. The bug is 2.4.1 will give the same uid/gid to any
account after the first authentication. Everyone else gets the same
uid/gid and all clients start downloading the folders/email of this
first uid/gid.
2.4.1 is not production ready.
Stay with 2.3.+ until it is ready.
Such bug has not been reported to us yet, but it sounds overly broad.
Lets see if someone sends this to our way as well.
Aki
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Is there any answer to my problem with sieve not working with Dovecot
2.4.1 from Debian 13?
I have twice been told that it will work if my configuration includes:
protocol lmtp {
mail_plugins {
sieve = yes
}
}}
But that has always been present. There is one and only one entry for
protocol lmtp.
It still makes no sense to me that logs complain about a non-existent
module - it is not referenced anywhere in the configuration.
Is there any solution or must I downgrade to Dovecot 2.3 to have a
properly working system?
Best regards, Martin
--
Martin Brampton, Black Sheep Research
[[8]9][email protected]
[10][9]https://black-sheep-research.com
Tel: +44 1653 524272
Mobile: +44 7771 787010
Office: 4 York Road, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 6AX, UK.
On Sunday, Sep 28, 2025 at 7:26 am, Aki Tuomi via dovecot
[10]<[1][11][email protected]> wrote:
On 28/09/2025 04:36 EEST John via dovecot [11]<[12][email protected]>
wrote:
Debian dovecot 2.4.1 /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-lmtp.conf has the lines
"mail_plugin" and "sieve = yes" commented-out by default.
dovecot.conf should have a line at the bottom "!include_try
local.conf". Uncomment this line. Place the above lines in
/etc/dovecot/local.conf.
Always run doveconf for syntax correctness. Invalid syntax in
dovecot.conf will log.
FYI: Many dovecot sections and variables can be overridden by later
occurrences, but some are not. I run dovecot on Debian. Debian
dovecot.conf concatenates conf.d/* into one file. The "passwd pam" {
... } cannot be overridden.
Always run doveconf to see how many passwd and userdb sections
show-up.
Pro-tip: Remove the include conf.d/* lines in dovecot.conf. and just
manually concatenate the conf.d/* lines in dovecot.conf. Everything in
one place and your configuration won't break when an upgrade occurs.
Do you want to have many changes in multiple files under conf.d/*?
I filed a security bug with dovecot 2.4.1. I have not heard back. I
read that I am supposed to file this kind of bug with the Linux
Distro, Debian. The bug is 2.4.1 will give the same uid/gid to any
account after the first authentication. Everyone else gets the same
uid/gid and all clients start downloading the folders/email of this
first uid/gid.
2.4.1 is not production ready.
Stay with 2.3.+ until it is ready.
Such bug has not been reported to us yet, but it sounds overly broad.
Lets see if someone sends this to our way as well.
Aki
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# 2.4.1-4 (7d8c0e5759): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 2.4.1-4 (0a86619f)
# OS: Linux 6.12.43+deb13-cloud-amd64 x86_64 Debian 13.1 ext4
# Hostname: mx.yorkshiremail.com
# 4 default setting changes since version 2.4.0
dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0
fts_autoindex = yes
fts_autoindex_max_recent_msgs = 999
fts_search_add_missing = yes
mail_driver = maildir
mail_gid = vmail
mail_home = /var/vmail/mailboxes/%{user|domain}/%{user|username}
mail_path = /var/vmail/mailboxes/%{user|domain}/%{user|username}/mail
mail_privileged_group = mail
mail_uid = vmail
protocols {
imap = yes
lmtp = yes
sieve = yes
pop3 = yes
}
sieve_plugins = sieve_imapsieve sieve_extprograms
sieve_trace_addresses = yes
sieve_trace_debug = yes
sql_driver = mysql
mysql 127.0.0.1 {
dbname = vimbadmin
password = # hidden, use -P to show it
user = vimbadmin
}
passdb sql {
default_password_scheme = SHA512-CRYPT
query = SELECT username as user, password as password, concat('*:bytes=',
quota) as userdb_quota_rule FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%{user}' AND active
= '1'
}
userdb sql {
iterate_query = SELECT userid AS username, domain FROM mailbox INNER JOIN
domain ON mailbox.Domain_id = domain.d
query = SELECT 'vmail' as uid, 'vmail' as gid,
'/var/vmail/mailboxes/%{user|domain}/%{user|username}' as home,
concat('*:bytes=', quota) as quota_rule FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%{user}'
}
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = "\\Drafts"
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = "\\Junk"
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = "\\Trash"
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = "\\Sent"
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = "\\Sent"
}
}
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
}
inet_listener imaps {
}
}
service pop3-login {
inet_listener pop3 {
}
inet_listener pop3s {
}
}
service submission-login {
inet_listener submission {
}
inet_listener submissions {
}
}
service lmtp {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0600
user = postfix
}
}
service imap {
}
service pop3 {
}
service submission {
}
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
service auth-worker {
}
service dict {
unix_listener dict {
}
}
ssl_server {
cert_file = /etc/certhelper/certs/yorkshiremail.com/fullchain.pem
key_file = /etc/certhelper/certs/yorkshiremail.com/privkey.pem
}
protocol imap {
mail_plugins {
notify = yes
mail_log = yes
imap_sieve = yes
}
}
protocol lmtp {
auth_username_format = %{user}
mail_plugins {
sieve = yes
}
}
service managesieve-login {
inet_listener sieve {
port = 4190
}
inet_listener sieve_deprecated {
port = 2000
}
}
service managesieve {
}
sieve_script personal {
driver = file
path = /var/vmail/sieve/%{user|domain}/%{user|username}
}
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