Re: High Load average on NFS Spool - v.2.1.15 & 2.2.13
I have, but I will be happy to review it once again.
On 12/18/18 2:14 PM, admin wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 18.12.2018, 14:06 -0500 schrieb Albert E. Whale, CEH
CHS CISA CISSP:
I have two servers pointing to an NFS mounted mail spool with
dovecot. Since I recently switched from using Dovecot v1.X, I have
been experiencing high CPU use with the two Dovecot servers. I am
not certain why they are not well behaved. Here is the configuration
information.
This configuration is currently running at a load average of 17.
/usr/sbin/dovecot -n
# 2.1.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.10.54-server-2.mga3 i686 Mageia 3
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
disable_plaintext_auth = no
lock_method = dotlock
login_greeting = SpamZapper Email ready.
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c
mail_debug = yes
mail_fsync = always
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mbox_lock_timeout = 15 mins
mmap_disable = yes
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = imap pop3
service anvil {
client_limit = 203
process_limit = 1
}
service auth {
user = root
}
service imap-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 10
user = dovecot
vsz_limit = 256 M
}
service pop3-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 20
user = dovecot
}
ssl = no
syslog_facility = local2
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol pop3 {
mail_max_userip_connections = 20
pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu
}
protocol lda {
postmaster_address = postmas...@example.com
}
protocol imap {
mail_max_userip_connections = 10
}
And the other server which is currently running with a load average
of 10.
dovecot -n
# 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=100 } is lower than
required under max. load (303)
# OS: Linux 4.1.15-server-2.mga5 x86_64 Mageia 4
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *
lock_method = dotlock
login_greeting = SpamZapper Email ready.
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c
mail_fsync = always
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mmap_disable = yes
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = imap pop3
service anvil {
client_limit = 100
process_limit = 1
}
service auth {
user = root
}
service imap-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 48
user = dovecot
vsz_limit = 256 M
}
service pop3-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 50
user = dovecot
}
ssl = no
syslog_facility = local2
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol pop3 {
mail_max_userip_connections = 50
pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu
}
protocol lda {
postmaster_address = postmas...@example.com
}
protocol imap {
mail_max_userip_connections = 40
}
Can you please offer a suggestion on what is happening? The timeouts
to the imap server are frequent due to the load average.
Thank you.
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High Load average on NFS Spool - v.2.1.15 & 2.2.13
I have two servers pointing to an NFS mounted mail spool with dovecot.
Since I recently switched from using Dovecot v1.X, I have been
experiencing high CPU use with the two Dovecot servers. I am not certain
why they are not well behaved. Here is the configuration information.
This configuration is currently running at a load average of 17.
/usr/sbin/dovecot -n
# 2.1.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.10.54-server-2.mga3 i686 Mageia 3
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
disable_plaintext_auth = no
lock_method = dotlock
login_greeting = SpamZapper Email ready.
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c
mail_debug = yes
mail_fsync = always
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mbox_lock_timeout = 15 mins
mmap_disable = yes
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = imap pop3
service anvil {
client_limit = 203
process_limit = 1
}
service auth {
user = root
}
service imap-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 10
user = dovecot
vsz_limit = 256 M
}
service pop3-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 20
user = dovecot
}
ssl = no
syslog_facility = local2
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol pop3 {
mail_max_userip_connections = 20
pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu
}
protocol lda {
postmaster_address = postmas...@example.com
}
protocol imap {
mail_max_userip_connections = 10
}
And the other server which is currently running with a load average of 10.
dovecot -n
# 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=100 } is lower than
required under max. load (303)
# OS: Linux 4.1.15-server-2.mga5 x86_64 Mageia 4
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *
lock_method = dotlock
login_greeting = SpamZapper Email ready.
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c
mail_fsync = always
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mmap_disable = yes
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = imap pop3
service anvil {
client_limit = 100
process_limit = 1
}
service auth {
user = root
}
service imap-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 48
user = dovecot
vsz_limit = 256 M
}
service pop3-login {
chroot = login
client_limit = 50
user = dovecot
}
ssl = no
syslog_facility = local2
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol pop3 {
mail_max_userip_connections = 50
pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu
}
protocol lda {
postmaster_address = postmas...@example.com
}
protocol imap {
mail_max_userip_connections = 40
}
Can you please offer a suggestion on what is happening? The timeouts to
the imap server are frequent due to the load average.
Thank you.
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IT Security, Inc. <http://www.IT-Security-inc.com> - A Service Disabled
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Re: [Dovecot] Multiple domains to one inbox and temporary redirects...
I'm using Sendmail, sample config below:
On 8/31/2011 12:41 PM, Nick Rosier wrote:
Simon Brereton wrote:
Hi
Can anyone point me to a howto to arrange for multiple domains to
deliver to one inbox with Dovecot? For example, us...@example.com
and us...@example.net should both be delivered to
/var/spool/mail/virtual/example.net/user1
Currently, I have the dovecot LDA set as:
dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=mailsystem argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f
${sender} -d ${user}@${nexthop}
and in dovecot.conf:
mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n
For some domains only, I need to override that mail_location.
Related to that, when user1 leave and user2 would like to receive
user1's email, how can I get it so that email to us...@example.com is
delivered to us...@example.com? Previously when I was using Postfix
to deliver the mails, I could change the maildirloc in the DB - but
I’m not sure how to accomplish this with dovecot LDA.
I'm using Postfixadmin to manage users and have server alias-domains.
All mail sent to an alias-domain is delivered to the other domain.
Quite easy if you've got postfixadmin already setup.
Otherwise I think you could configure virtual_alias_maps in postfix to
something like hash:virtual_domains
virtual_domains:
@example.net@example.com
N.
We deliver multiple multiple domains to the single user name of the domain.
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[Dovecot] UID/GID changed
I have a problem with Dovecot 1.1.6 after having reset the UID/GID information for a few email accounts. I get the following error: Dec 5 12:26:03 ns6 dovecot: POP3(mike): stat(/home/popuser_mike/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=1366 egid=1366 missing +x perm: /home/popuser_mike/Maildir) Dec 5 12:26:03 ns6 dovecot: POP3(mike): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-12-05 12:26:03] Dec 5 12:27:40 ns6 dovecot: POP3(mike): stat(/home/popuser_mike/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=1366 egid=1366 missing +x perm: /home/popuser_mike/Maildir) Dec 5 12:27:40 ns6 dovecot: POP3(mike): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-12-05 12:27:40] Permissions are: [/home/popuser_mike/Maildir] ls -la total 40 drwxrws--- 5 mike mail 4096 Dec 5 12:23 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 mike mike 4096 Nov 5 14:34 ../ drwx--S--- 2 mike mail 4096 Dec 3 21:20 cur/ -rw-rw 1 mike mail 7560 Dec 4 08:02 dovecot.index.log.save -rw-rw 1 mike mail 184 Dec 4 08:02 dovecot.index.save -rw-rw 1 660 mail 18 Dec 4 08:02 dovecot-uidlist.save -rw-rw 1 mike mail8 Nov 5 19:00 dovecot-uidvalidity -rw-rw 1 mike mail0 Nov 5 19:00 dovecot-uidvalidity.4912338c drwx--S--- 2 mike mail 4096 Dec 5 11:46 new/ drwx--S--- 2 mike mail 4096 Dec 5 11:46 tmp/ What am I missing? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants
[Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats
I have been using UW's IMAP server and I am converting to Dovecot for Maildir support. When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. Is there a way to indicate that the user does not exist (Invalid user), and authentication Failure (Failed Password)? Clearly these two failures indicate a different error in the system. One that some forgot their password, the other indicates a dictionary attack. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] Cannot use userdb to update Maildir
e-frog wrote: more /home/dovecot.passwd health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=mai ldir:~/Maildir I guess you need two ':' between 1152 and /home/health and userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir So the line should look like this: health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152::/home/health::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir Thank you to everyone that responded to this posting. This issue is now resolved. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats
Charles Marcus wrote: On 10/29/2008, Albert E. Whale ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. When asking for help, it is always a good idea to provide some basic info... in this case, sample log entries from failed events, and output of dovecot -n? Thank Charles, my apologies. Here is the Logging info: Oct 29 09:43:12 192.168.50.5 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=darrel, method=PLAIN, rip=217.168.145.51, lip=66.207.133.234 Oct 29 09:43:15 192.168.50.5 dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(darrel,217.168.145.51): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure Oct 29 09:43:17 192.168.50.5 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=darrel, method=PLAIN, rip=217.168.145.51, lip=66.207.133.234 Oct 29 09:43:20 192.168.50.5 dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(darrel,217.168.145.51): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure Oct 29 09:43:22 192.168.50.5 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=darrel, method=PLAIN, rip=217.168.145.51, lip=66.207.133.234 And my dovecot.conf is attached. BTW, these entries are samples of invalid users. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*. ns6.ABS-CompTech.com root [/root] dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: SpamZapper Email ready. mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd userdb: driver: passwd
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 09:49 -0400, Albert E. Whale wrote: I have been using UW's IMAP server and I am converting to Dovecot for Maildir support. When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. Is there a way to indicate that the user does not exist (Invalid user), and authentication Failure (Failed Password)? To user: no. In logs: yes, with auth_verbose=yes. Timo, Thank you. I already have auth_verbose=yes. Here is what I am seeing: Oct 29 09:43:31 192.168.50.5 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=darrin, method=PLAIN, rip=217.168.145.51, lip=66.207.133.234 Oct 29 09:43:34 192.168.50.5 dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(darrin,217.168.145.51): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure Oct 29 09:43:36 192.168.50.5 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=darrin, method=PLAIN, rip=217.168.145.51, lip=66.207.133.234 Oct 29 09:43:38 192.168.50.5 dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(darrin,217.168.145.51): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure Oct 29 09:43:40 192.168.50.5 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=darrin, method=PLAIN, rip=217.168.145.51, lip=66.207.133.234 These attempts to authenticate Darrin will not complete, as this is not a valid user. The IP Address 217.168.145.51 was cycling through 1364 attempts. I would like to identify this type of activity sooner, as this is not a valid user. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] mail_location: mbox: mkdir failed
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 12:30 -0400, Albert E. Whale wrote: Timo Sirainen wrote: On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote: Is there an automatic solution to this? Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied You mean /home/popuser_evelina2 doesn't exist and Dovecot doesn't have write permissions to /home? Choices would be: a) Create the directory automatically whenever you add new users b) Give Dovecot write permissions to /home c) If you're using PAM, use pam_mkhomedir Actually the /home/popuser_evelina2 directory exists. I had thought that we were making the directory. It's just the mail subdirectory that is missing. Then I guess your userdb isn't returning correct UID for the user. You're using system users? Yes, the system users (/etc/passwd) files. Here's that dovecot.conf file. I would have hoped that it would have been able to create the mail folder, if it was not there. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*. ns6.ABS-CompTech.com root [/root] dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: SpamZapper Email ready. mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd userdb: driver: passwd
[Dovecot] Cannot use userdb to update Maildir
I cannot get to the Maildir info for a user. The user's user_db is set up in /home/dovecot.passwd. Here is the transcript of the pop3 connection: Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=pop3^Ilip=66.207.133.228^Irip=71.162.15.2^Ilport=110^Irport=1874^Iresp=hidden Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONThidden Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(health,71.162.15.2): lookup: user=health file=/home/dovecot.passwd Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=health Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I354^I7953^I1 Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(health,71.162.15.2): lookup: user=health file=/home/dovecot.passwd Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER^I354^Ihealth^Iuid=1152^Igid=1152^Ihome=userdb_mail=maildir Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=health, method=PLAIN, rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): Effective uid=1152, gid=1152 Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): mbox: data=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/health Oct 28 14:56:04 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): fs: root=userdb_mail=maildir/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/health Oct 28 14:56:05 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=8987 Oct 28 14:56:06 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 The /home/dovecot.passwd has the following. more /home/dovecot.passwd health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=mai ldir:~/Maildir WHY can I get the emails from ~health/Maildir/new ??? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*. ns6.ABS-CompTech.com root [/root] dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: SpamZapper Email ready. mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd userdb: driver: passwd
Re: [Dovecot] Cannot use userdb to update Maildir
e-frog wrote: more /home/dovecot.passwd health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=mai ldir:~/Maildir I guess you need two ':' between 1152 and /home/health and userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir So the line should look like this: health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152::/home/health::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir Great, I thank you, however that has not changed the communications at all. Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=pop3^Ilip=66.207.133.228^Irip=71.162.15.2^Ilport=110^Irport=2635^Iresp=hidden Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONThidden Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file /home/dovecot.passwd: Read 1 users Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(health,71.162.15.2): lookup: user=health file=/home/dovecot.passwd Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=health^I~/Maildir= Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I365^I27263^I1 Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(health,71.162.15.2): lookup: user=health file=/home/dovecot.passwd Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER^I365^Ihealth^Iuid=1152^Igid=1152^Ihome=/home/health Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=health, method=PLAIN, rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): Effective uid=1152, gid=1152 Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): mbox: data=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/health Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): fs: root=/home/health/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/health Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: POP3(health): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 Oct 28 16:42:17 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=31252 -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] mail_location: mbox: mkdir failed
Is there an automatic solution to this? Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: Fatal: POP3(evelina2): Namespace initialization failed Oct 27 08:00:51 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied Oct 27 08:00:51 192.168.50.5 dovecot: Fatal: POP3(evelina2): Namespace initialization failed -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] mail_location: mbox: mkdir failed
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote: Is there an automatic solution to this? Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied You mean /home/popuser_evelina2 doesn't exist and Dovecot doesn't have write permissions to /home? Choices would be: a) Create the directory automatically whenever you add new users b) Give Dovecot write permissions to /home c) If you're using PAM, use pam_mkhomedir Actually the /home/popuser_evelina2 directory exists. I had thought that we were making the directory. It's just the mail subdirectory that is missing. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] cannot use password-file for userdb
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:28 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote: Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=5142 Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=pop3^Ilip=66.207.133.228^Irip=71.162.15.2^Ilport=110^Irport=4238^Iresp=hidden Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONThidden Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(health,71.162.15.2): lookup: user=health file=/home/dovecot.passwd This shows the passdb lookup part. Does it continue? If so, post it too. It should show more for the userdb lookup. At present it does not continue. Which is probably the issue. How do I get this to recognize the :userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir in the dovecot.passwd file?? Post your current dovecot -n output. See attached. Thank you. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*. ns6.ABS-CompTech.com root [/root] dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: SpamZapper Email ready. mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd userdb: driver: passwd
[Dovecot] cannot use password-file for userdb
OK, I am attempting to use the userdb connection to facilitate per user
migration to Maildir format from mbox. Here's the first user:
more /home/dovecot.passwd
health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir
The configuration was set up as:
userdb passwd {
}
I changed this to:
userdb passwd-file {
args = /home/dovecot.conf
}
And unfortunately the dovecot daemon dies after successfully launching.
Suggestions?
--
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Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant
ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email,
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Re: [Dovecot] cannot use password-file for userdb
Albert E. Whale wrote:
OK, I am attempting to use the userdb connection to facilitate per user
migration to Maildir format from mbox. Here's the first user:
more /home/dovecot.passwd
health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir
The configuration was set up as:
userdb passwd {
}
I changed this to:
userdb passwd-file {
args = /home/dovecot.conf
}
And unfortunately the dovecot daemon dies after successfully launching.
Suggestions?
The dovecot password file is really /home/dovecot.passwd, but this still
does not resolve the authentication issue for user health.
Still seeking suggestions.
--
Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP
Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant
ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email,
Internet and Security Consultants
SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com
http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] cannot use password-file for userdb
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 10:01 -0400, Albert E. Whale wrote: And unfortunately the dovecot daemon dies after successfully launching. What does it log? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging Actually the userdb was wrong, but now I am seeing the following: Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=5142 Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=pop3^Ilip=66.207.133.228^Irip=71.162.15.2^Ilport=110^Irport=4238^Iresp=hidden Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONThidden Oct 26 17:26:54 ns6 dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(health,71.162.15.2): lookup: user=health file=/home/dovecot.passwd How do I get this to recognize the :userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir in the dovecot.passwd file?? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] Maildir connection issues
I recently am attempting a mbox to Maildir conversion, initially for a single email address, and then for everyone. To further this diagnostic here is the dovecot -n: dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: SpamZapper Email ready. mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: username_format: %Lu passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd ns6.ABS-CompTech.com root [/root] ll /home/dovecot.passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 418 418 95 Oct 22 22:18 /home/dovecot.passwd The problem I am having is that the user health cannot get new email messages. Suggestions? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] Maildir connection issues
mouss wrote: Albert E. Whale a écrit : I recently am attempting a mbox to Maildir conversion, initially for a single email address, and then for everyone. To further this diagnostic here is the dovecot -n: dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: SpamZapper Email ready. mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u so you're still using mbox. I was under the impression that you could migrate individual mailboxes and set up the information via the dovecot.passwd file, i.e. health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir Is this not valid? How do I set up individual Mailboxes for Maildir until I have them converted? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] Maildir connection issues
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote: I was under the impression that you could migrate individual mailboxes and set up the information via the dovecot.passwd file, i.e. health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir Is this not valid? That looks ok, but: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/dovecot.passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd You're using passwd-file only as passdb. That means it uses only the username and password field of the file. You'll need to use it as a userdb also. But can the users read their mail anyway? You said that they can't get new mails. Are you using Dovecot's deliver as MDA? ok, being that I've never done this before, how do I fix this? The users cannot find the Email in the Maildir because the setting is not read. Clues? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion
Kyle Wheeler wrote: On Wednesday, October 22 at 11:35 PM, quoth Albert E. Whale: I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question. New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. Procmail understands Maildir natively; you don't have to tell it to put messages into the new folder, you should just tell it to put things into the Maildir folder and end the line with a /, like so: # correct! :0 ~user/Maildir/ # incorrect :0 ~user/Maildir/new/ # also incorrect :0 ~user/Maildir/new If you specify the new directory, you're either telling procmail to treat that directory like an MH folder, which is wrong, or you're telling procmail that the new directory is a Maildir, in which case it will create another new directory within that directory (along with a tmp and cur directories). ~Kyle Thanks Kyle, the Procmailrc script I am using is as follows: more ~health/.procmailrc # Maildir procmail setup SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin: /usr/sbin MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir/ ORGMAIL=$HOME/Maildir/ DEFAULT=$ORGMAIL LOGFILE=/var/Procmail/log LOGABSTRACT=all VERBOSE=yes :0 $ORGMAIL I believe that this matches your correct example. That is just where Procmail places them. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion
Scott Silva wrote: on 10-23-2008 1:35 PM Neil spake the following: On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote: Neil wrote: On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote: I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years. Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format. I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question. New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not? How are you attempting to retrieve them? I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird. Is Maildir an IMAP format? No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to note (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is Maildir/, the Maildir/new/ directory is part of Maildir's internal format. That is to say, you should never be putting Maildir/(new|cur|tmp) as a mailbox name into a client, just Maildir/. -N. With Dovecot set up properly, you should be leaving any client settings for directory blank. In thunderbird you shouldn't have to set IMAP server directory. Good, because I am still using the POP3 server. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] mbox to Maildir conversion
I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it for years. Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to convert to the Maildir format. I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I have been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat formula, but now have a question. New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not find them. Why not? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
Re: [Dovecot] Can I translate the userid to match the UW-POP3 server?
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Oct 12, 2008, at 7:05 AM, Albert E. Whale wrote: Now the Dovecot server is very flexible and currently I have not found how to translate the upper case characters to lowercase. What configuration setting will translate the userids to lowercase? Easiest way is to use auth_username_format = %Lu Perfect. Thank you. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] Can I translate the userid to match the UW-POP3 server?
OK, I have been running the UW-POP3 server which currently translates all login ids as lowercase (i.e. Anthony becomes anthony). Now the Dovecot server is very flexible and currently I have not found how to translate the upper case characters to lowercase. What configuration setting will translate the userids to lowercase? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.1.3 / 1.1.4 - not deleteing
Not sure what happened here, but today, all of a sudden, pop3 emails are not being deleted. I was using the 1.1.3 version then upgraded to 1.1.4 now it no longer deletes emails. Suggestions? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] File_lock_dotlock error
Oct 5 22:51:59 ns6 dovecot: POP3(aewhale): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/spool/mail/aewhale: Permission denied Any suggestions? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
[Dovecot] Migration Issues UW-POP3
I am migrating from UW's POP3 server (mbox), to Dovecote (mbox - maildir). Anyway, I am concerned about the Logging details offered by Dovecot, as I manage several details from the logging information provided by UW's Syslog information. Here's a sample of the UW information: Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: pop3 service init from 66.207.133.233 Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: Auth user=aewhale host=ns.ABS-CompTech.com [66.207.133.233] nmsgs=0/0 Oct 7 22:08:39 ns6 ipop3d[15432]: Logout user=aewhale host=ns.ABS-CompTech.com [66.207.133.233] nmsgs=0 ndele=0 The first time I connected to the server to test the information, I got the following: Oct 7 20:22:17 ns6 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc26 starting up Oct 7 20:22:37 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=aewhale, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Oct 7 20:23:44 ns6 dovecot: POP3(aewhale): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/800,size=1576887 None of the other connections reported information about the mailbox or the connections. Here is what I see: Oct 7 20:39:14 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=PLAIN, rip=66.207.133.233, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 7 20:59:42 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN, rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 7 21:39:12 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN, rip=66.207.133.233, lip=66.207.133.228 Oct 7 21:39:42 ns6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=LOGIN, rip=71.162.15.2, lip=66.207.133.228 I never see the POP3 or Login messages any more. Can someone tell me why? Is this not correctly working on my server yet? -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ABS Computer Technology, Inc. http://www.ABS-CompTech.com - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper http://www.Spam-Zapper.com - No-JunkMail.com http://www.No-JunkMail.com - *True Spam Elimination*.
