Re: Dovecot with Maildir
WOE HOE! Worked! So I changed mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildirtomail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n and now it all works! Thanks much! From: Steffen Kaiser To: John Williams Cc: "dovecot@dovecot.org" Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 2:34 AM Subject: Re: Dovecot with Maildir -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, John Williams wrote: > Dovecot logs as follows: > Feb 1 19:36:34 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, > method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7481, > session= > Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, > method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7483, > session= > Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 > out=440Feb 1 19:37:24 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Connection closed in=275 > out=995 > Feb 1 19:37:27 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, > method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7485, > session= > Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=298 > out=1130 please increase logging, see mail_debug at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging That will reveal, what mail location and inbox is used really. > The maildir on my instance is located in /var/log/mail. /var/__log__/mail ?? > The output of doveadm is as follows: > root@speedy:/var/mail# doveadm user -u jsmithuserdb: jsmith > system_groups_user: jsmith uid : 1000 gid : 1000 home : > /home/jsmith > If that home variable is suppose to be the maildir folder it is wrong. That looks good. About home vs. mail location see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home (applies to all users) and http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation > It should be /var/mail/jsmith. If that is the problem, where or how do Is /var/mail/jsmith a directory or a file? If it is a directory, use something like: mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n - -or- mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n/Maildir depending on how the content of the directory looks like. If it is a file, use mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INBOX=/var/mail/%n === How does the userdb section of doveconf -n looks like? - -- Steffen Kaiser -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEVAwUBVrBb/Xz1H7kL/d9rAQJ3ewf9Hif5QHRuwTacc9vPEcRleE++OUpe9V21 nftpqOgDW0a+NX6FRXRABg/lBAP0fUzRN3RKgFmdBLL6N1ZCMyLYKPgyr+8Lcs39 oDJejNSZ+HSjGRIxzH4zbf2G8PDlxjpT02jybJKvmegKIMaPxV9Q4knYj5Zo2IQB lRgL4j+2WnP1P7gKuvvjoX/TbVh7v9cREULDM5krXXkZJ+TtsTMT8v5uYAAbxWGl gdfqVYOF+dLuHrGCe1KdVxvn1vDKuotSpKLFsgr4WluavOQwJx0Ws3/NaKvfj66d 7Xzkg2zR1VnQH9QsnsBeqWzHcm1hwJTlxLmdBwxF8KL/jdF8M1YLfw== =sEW+ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Dovecot with Maildir
Dovecot logs as follows: Feb 1 19:36:34 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7481, session=Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7483, session=Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 out=440Feb 1 19:37:24 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Connection closed in=275 out=995Feb 1 19:37:27 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7485, session=Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=298 out=1130Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7487, session=Feb 1 19:37:30 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7489, session=<5h3qtL4qTACto8NT>Feb 1 19:37:31 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 out=440 The maildir on my instance is located in /var/log/mail. The output of doveadm is as follows: root@speedy:/var/mail# doveadm user -u jsmithuserdb: jsmith system_groups_user: jsmith uid : 1000 gid : 1000 home : /home/jsmith If that home variable is suppose to be the maildir folder it is wrong. It should be /var/mail/jsmith. If that is the problem, where or how do I change it. Thanks in advance!! From: Steffen Kaiser To: John Williams Cc: "dovecot@dovecot.org" Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 3:43 AM Subject: Re: Dovecot with Maildir -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 30 Jan 2016, John Williams wrote: > I believe (not sure actually) the answer is in the mail_location variable for > Dovecot. This is what I've tried so far: > #mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#mail_location = > maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir#mail_location = > maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/%umail_location = > maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir What does Dovecot log?Where are your Maildir directories located? What does doveadm user -u username print? - -- Steffen Kaiser -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEVAwUBVq8alHz1H7kL/d9rAQIRYwgAtapJ2Br/zhYHrmze2k59G9wul8lT43Ga oUdsRb2JYEXeR51z5iHTIZKHUN2+l79g0qouvXJmNarTEUnXetavyss91cDzYw8n cGpzpb4M75BCLgVpPKiExnlPG5y7fFEHiOAMa2bwRsMlDEgtpbUQTBx+d9MuxniB QzXMJuSuwm0UN8OEO4Ct4jsNCtkt7bRPVGej0yj0aRZFFOPcvzLH9Bi6sWjNtfcx PU8UMlP4byyf7yBptcZ8FTnAZA4lcZdy8fnxrN91cHtqgSBbP1hfGORQcYcNS2Qu pZgU2SYugArDoxU5X+LxCCFugk0/KYPcWS1sH3S8svKTTEvjddg4Kw== =E6ey -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Dovecot with Maildir
Folks, I'm trying to get dovecot to check a for mail in a maildir format on Ubuntu. Mail is being delivered to and from the system. I can send and receive mail using Pine & Mutt. But I cannot seem to get dovecot to work with the maildir. So I can't check for mail using Dovecot. This is what I'm using for reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot I believe (not sure actually) the answer is in the mail_location variable for Dovecot. This is what I've tried so far: #mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir#mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/%umail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir Mail is being delivered and I can send mail out with Postfix. But Dovecot not working. Any idea why? Thanks in advance!
Re: [Dovecot] How to troubleshoot LDA or LMTP?
Sam Flint writes: > Gnus supports IMAP natively, and even ManageSieve. Use that, don't > run a proxy, it's a lot easier. I know. I'm using dovecot because I'm getting mail from an extremely slow connection, so Gnus blocks the Emacs UI for several seconds, making Emacs unusable. Using a local server eliminates that problem. > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:19 AM, Steffen Kaiser > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Thu, 8 Aug 2013, John Williams wrote: >> >>>> in order to not filter the same message twice or re-filter messages, >>>> you've moved around manually? >>> >>> That is not a problem. The filtering process works perfectly when I >>> manually invoke dovecot-lda. My problem is that I have followed the >>> instructions here: >>> >>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/ >>> >>> and here: >>> >>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail >>> >>> and here: >>> >>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LMTP >>> >>> but neither dovecot-lda nor LMTP seem to be triggered whenever I send >>> email from my MUA (Gnus). At least, I *think* I have followed the >>> instructions correctly. Would you like me to post my dovecot config >>> again, and the relevant portion of sendmail.cf? >>> >>> Thank you very much for your help, I truly appreciate it. >> >> >> As Stan already pointed out: a local delivery takes place only, when the >> mail arrives via a MTA. offlineimap synchronizes two IMAP folders, there is >> no local delivery at your side at all. Hence, neither LDA nor LMTP is >> invoked. >> >> So I see two ways: >> >> 1) keep offlineimap to resync your local store back to the server and keep >> both in-sync. >> >> Then you can: >> 1a) run offlineimap to get new messages from the upstream server and sync >> current local messages. >> 1b) remove the new ones from the local store and feed them _manually_ to the >> LDA or LMTP. Now the filtering takes place and they are re-added to the mail >> storage. >> 1c) maybe: re-run the process until no new messages got downloaded, in order >> to keep the server in-sync >> >> 2) no need for server messages in-sync with local message store >> >> 2a) setup a local MTA that accepts your domain and drops messages via >> Dovecot LDA or LMTP. Then get the new messages via fetchmail on a regular >> basis and hand the messages over to the local MTA. >> >> 2b) use fetchmail in combination with Dovecot LDA/LMTP. No local MTA >> necessary. >> >> fetchmail will see only messages in INBOX as far as I know. So no filtering >> on the server must take place. >> >> >> - -- Steffen Kaiser >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQEVAwUBUgNiqV3r2wJMiz2NAQISSAgAnSWnyf4kzNrbEd/+UcZGvmeegCWp4QY3 >> TWAIh8V8vbo+FyKyYomvRLt1mmq5CKJNwOUdz+A3u5R6XT25JZKxA5yYhUKlLNEU >> n05zIsmWvKV6DWahdTv7GL84kmyETqp7zYo5pBWRf9SqwGFH8+KcBGh1U3MTaKhQ >> QfzIj3eYk7a1DQld7u3ZaLSiKCBadWCakgNscY2mX+gzoN4EXt+X1zMO52uaZpJ3 >> QkJyd2AHrnpYgBbmr2maneYox3+67IyQChnzZ0t2c9uPodT4ukEkZFYjrucEGlfv >> JEUaOaVnuzx/Wi7gxSUL/agSiaksLaEkT/KMWS6wQMSI0NxUaGIHjQ== >> =f/Uy >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Lecturer Department of Marketing University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand
Re: [Dovecot] How to troubleshoot LDA or LMTP?
Steffen Kaiser writes: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, John Williams wrote: > >>> dovecot-lda -c config-file -d user < mailfile >> Aha! Piping a message to the process was the step I was not aware of. > > does offlineimap provides logs to get to know what mails are newly > arriving to your local mail storage, Yes. > in order to not filter the same message twice or re-filter messages, > you've moved around manually? That is not a problem. The filtering process works perfectly when I manually invoke dovecot-lda. My problem is that I have followed the instructions here: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/ and here: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail and here: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LMTP but neither dovecot-lda nor LMTP seem to be triggered whenever I send email from my MUA (Gnus). At least, I *think* I have followed the instructions correctly. Would you like me to post my dovecot config again, and the relevant portion of sendmail.cf? Thank you very much for your help, I truly appreciate it.
Re: [Dovecot] How to troubleshoot LDA or LMTP?
Joseph Tam writes: > John Williams writes: > >> *What doesn't work* I thought the next step would be to execute >> dovecot-lda manually (as is suggested on the wiki and in numerous >> newsgroup posts), but I can't figure out how to do this. When I execute >> it as root and provide my non-root username via the -u option, it >> hangs. I can see that it spawns a child process that executes as the >> non-root user (specified with the -u option). So, could someone tell >> how to execute dovecot-lda manually please? > > Maybe use "-d"? D'oh! I meant -d. *hangs head in shame* > > I had no trouble invoking > > dovecot-lda -c config-file -d user < mailfile Aha! Piping a message to the process was the step I was not aware of. Thanks Joseph!
[Dovecot] How to troubleshoot LDA or LMTP?
Please forgive me if these are silly questions. I am a normal user, not
a system administrator. I am using Dovecot as a kind of IMAP caching
proxy, i.e. reading IMAP mail via Gnus + Dovecot + Offlineimap. I am
trying to enable sieve functionality.
*Desired behaviour* When Gnus (or whatever MUA) asks for new mail from
Dovecot, that before Dovecot returns and answer, the sieve rules are
executed. Please tell me if I completely misunderstand how the mail
system works in this instance.
*Actual behaviour* As far as I can tell, not only are the sieve rules
not executed, but also neither LDA or LMTP is invoked.
*What works* Running the scripts manually via `sieve-filter` works
fine. The next time I read from my local dovecot server the mail is
all in the desired place.
Also, the LMTP service is running, listening on port 24.
*What doesn't work* I thought the next step would be to execute
dovecot-lda manually (as is suggested on the wiki and in numerous
newsgroup posts), but I can't figure out how to do this. When I execute
it as root and provide my non-root username via the -u option, it
hangs. I can see that it spawns a child process that executes as the
non-root user (specified with the -u option). So, could someone tell
how to execute dovecot-lda manually please?
Also, when does LMTP process messages? When sending mail via SMTP, or
when reading mail via IMAP? I would prefer to use LMTP rather than
LDA.
*My environment* Fedora 19 & sendmail. Is any other information
relevant, apart from the dovecot configuration?
Thank you,
John
.2.4: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)
auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log
disable_plaintext_auth = no
hostname = falcon.novoalexandrovsk.ru
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log
lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes
login_greeting = Dovecot ready, folks!
mail_access_groups = mail
mail_debug = yes
mail_location =
mbox:~/mail/mailboxes:DIRNAME=mBoX-MeSsAgEs:INDEX=~/mail/index:CONTROL=~/mail/control:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character
vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy
include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
driver = pam
}
plugin {
sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
sieve_dir = ~/sieve
sieve_global_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/global/
sieve_global_path = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve
}
postmaster_address = johnfrombl...@gmail.com
protocols = imap lmtp sieve
service auth {
unix_listener auth-userdb {
mode = 0600
user = mail
}
}
service lmtp {
executable = lmtp -L
inet_listener lmtp {
address = 192.168.0.101 127.0.0.1 ::1
port = 24
}
user = mail
}
service managesieve-login {
inet_listener sieve {
port = 4190
}
process_min_avail = 1
service_count = 1
vsz_limit = 64 M
}
service managesieve {
process_limit = 10
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert =
