an e-mail client for dovecot ?
Hello all, For some years now, I've been using Thunderbird for dovecot. I am not very satisfied with t/b so I thought of using m/s outlook but then I thought that I want to distance my clients from office products. I have a newly created dovecot installation on a very small site. Three nodes, all x86 Windows 7 professional with an ubuntu v14.04 server (x86 again) running dovecot 1.2.17. The clients there use dovecot as an imap server, so they have a real-world e-mail account each and whatever they want to keep , they store by gradding-and-dropping to the imap (local / archive) account. Since I have quite some experiece with thunderbird, I know most of its shortcomings; So I thought if there's an alternative (better?) imap mail client for x86 windows 7 systems than t/b. Even better if there's an alternative client that is also supporeted under linux . Any ideas are welcome, TIA, s.t.
RE: building latest stable for ubuntu 14.04
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 11:08:06 +0700 > From: dovecot-l...@mohtex.net > To: ecasar...@gmail.com; dovecot@dovecot.org > Subject: Re: building latest stable for ubuntu 14.04 > > Eduardo Casarero wrote on 07.11.2014 05:48: >> Hi list, Does anybody have some notes/blog post/etc about building dovecot >> deb packages? > > If this is ment to be used on your box you can easily accomplish this by > using "checkinstall". Take a look at > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall and > http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/trusty/checkinstall for more information. In regards to this post. This is something that has been troubling me for a looong time. List / Timo , have you checked this out ? : https://nixos.org/nix/ They claim that is portable between distros and doesn't touch each distros' package manager and can also roll-back versions. I've been struggling with CentOS 7 and Ubuntu versions for the last eight years and it seems really tempting. At the moment, I don't have the time or stamina to pursue this. Some feedback on this would be really, really nice :-) Regards, spyros
Dovecot Enterprize repository access
Hello all, in regards to the Enterprise repository access : 1. There's no version of v7.x for CentOS 2. There's no download section anywhere Any ideas ? s.
centos 6.x/7.x repos ?
Hello all, I believe someone has rpms for centos v6.x/7.x ? I remember a link to a site somewhere ? Are packages available for both i386 and 64-bit os's ?? tia, s.
RE: Subject tag [Dovecot] is gone
Guys, I think you were a bit harsh on Reindl. It is my opinion that he is a productive member of this list and his views are valuable. He just uses a bit stronger language. Something that I do sometimes. I don't think he wanted to be rude with someone. Just my opinion, s. > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:03:24 +0200 > From: h.rei...@thelounge.net > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Subject: Re: Subject tag [Dovecot] is gone > > > Am 11.06.2014 11:30, schrieb Koenraad Lelong: >> op 10-06-14 17:37, Koenraad Lelong schreef: >> >>> I looked at some messages on the server. Not trace of those List-lines. >>> I think I will get in touch with Watchguard to see if they remove those >>> lines. >> >> I subscribed to dovecot with a home-account. There I do have those RFC2919 >> lines. >> I also just "whitelisted" the dovecot-list on my Watchguard. I'll see if >> that changes anything. >> But I also filed a "bug-report" with Watchguard concerning this. You would >> think such a company should know better. > > not uncommon, i saw anti-virus software mangle http traffic > by spit random bytes before the http headers leading to ask > the browser where to save the php-file > > Cisco routers by default mangle DNS traffic, break zone transfers > or even put befor all CNAME blocks a $TTL 0 line never appeared > on the master until you disable DNS ALG for UDP and TCP > > the bigger the company the more breakage > > and that is why i said "you have crap on your side" what for whatever > reason you took as a personal attack leaded to lure all the trolls > out of their holes and react to a out-of-context quote >
[Dovecot] struggling with dovecot v2.2
Hello all, Long time, no write :-) I am building a spanking, wonderful new mail server. I am very excited about this, since I am going to use the new dovecot v2.2.12 !! However, last time I did this (and documented it), I was working with v1.2. I consulted my notes and it seems there are huge differences between v1.2 and v2.2. So my question is, would anyone know if there's a "quick start" guide for v2.2 ? tia, s.
[Dovecot] dovecot for centos ?
Hello all, I was wondering which version is better for Centos v6.x. CentOS v6.5 comes with dovecot v2.0.9 as default. Should I go ahead with this or go for the latest ? (v2.2.10 / v2.211 / v2.2.12, btw what's the diferrence between the three ?) s.
Re: [Dovecot] Reduce logging auth-worker
> > From: Nick Edwards >To: dovecot@dovecot.org >Sent: Sunday, 24 March 2013, 3:42 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Reduce logging auth-worker > >you don't get it do you, troll, since your name is not Timo and you >have no fucking idea about our requirements, or dovecot's code, STFU, >you are contributing NOTHING, like always, so do not bother with this >thread because you are not helpful, if we could use your beloved >syslog, we would, but it again I'll say it because you have a serious >comprehension problem, it does not suite our needs, and because of >your whitenoise Timo or others who might help wont probably bother >with this thread, but you're an expert at fucking it over for others. > >you are nothing but a bored, arrogant and caustic person, who feels >the need to berate others without knowing all the facts, this is >evident by the many mailing lists you are subscribed to. > >*PLONKED* Nick, I don't think it's appropriate to use such language. We are all responsible people here trying to get answers to problems/questions. I am sure you know your stuff, i don't doubt that. And I am not trying to start a flame war :-) Peace, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x
- Original Message - > From: Reindl Harald > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 23:50 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x > > > > Am 05.03.2013 22:24, schrieb Benny Pedersen: >> Simon Brereton skrev den 2013-03-05 15:30: >> honestly, especially because "a lot has changed between > them" I would start from scratch. >> >> as same as saying if new iso file is out anyone need to delete there old > servers ? > > and you think convert a configration file to a new syntax is the > same as reinstall the whole OS? > >>> I'd prefer to have a semi-decent config to work from without having > to >>> research 100 new variable names and values. The migration tool exists > for >>> a reason. >> >> dovecot -n is simple enough, but what about layouts ?, and will dovecot 2.x > understand maildirs same way as it was >> under dovecot 1.x, nothing changed ? >> >> wiki.dovecot.org still exists so it should be safe to stay on 1.x :) > > well you can also use CentOS5... > you can also use PHP 5.2... > but does it make sense over the long? > > problems are not solved by sit them out > Don't know if you are interested in this, but I always document installations and procedures. Extensively . . . HTH, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x
- Original Message - > From: Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Friday, 1 March 2013, 11:57 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x > > -->%-->%-->%-->%-->%-- >> You could look into building Dovecot from source to get v2.1 or v2.2. > > May be I'll give that a try. > > Thanks for your suggestions and feedback . Regards . Götz > > -- > Götz Reinicke > IT-Koordinator Yeah, I think it's the only way to get a newer version of dovecot on redhat related OSs. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] "sent" and "accepted" missing mails
Hello all, OK, this most probably is not dovecot related. However, I have to start from somewhere. output of "dovecot -n" : # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 96 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd User (really weird user) today tells me she is missing "sent" and "accepted" folders. She is running the latest version of Thunderbird on a windows XP pro 32-bit machine. My question is : Should I hunt something that is dovecot-related or is it MUA related ? And since I brought this up; Does anyone know if dovecot (v1.2.16) has any limits on user quota, message sizes and stuff like that ? Thank you kindly, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] anti-spam
Chaps, What's the story with anti-spam on dovecot ? Do we have something working out of the box, so to speak ? Any guidance / ideas ? s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Copying mailbox from one mailserver to another?
> I see there is a tool called dsync that can do this but what are the cons of > using dsync compared to just package the mailbox using tar and then > untar the mailbox on the new server? > > > Regards, > > BTJ Ditto ! still interested on this too :-) Are there any related pages on the dovecot wiki ? s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] v2.1.12 released
> > From: Timo Sirainen >To: dovecot-n...@dovecot.org; dovecot@dovecot.org >Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012, 9:01 >Subject: [Dovecot] v2.1.12 released > >http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/dovecot-2.1.12.tar.gz >http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/dovecot-2.1.12.tar.gz.sig > >The dovecot-config file installed by v2.1.11 was missing quotes, which >broke building Pigeonhole. This release fixes that. > Wow ! Boy you're fast ! s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb [Resolved]
Hello all, I would like to thank you all for your kind replies and feedback in regards to migrating from a smaller hdd to a bigger one (namely from 72gb to 146gb). I finally found a painless way of doing this. Since I believe that this is still an off-topic post, if anyone is interested in the solution i've adopted for this, let me know by replying to me privately. If, however, you don't mind me posting here, let me know. Many many thanks go to Alexander Hoogerhuis, the "mad Norwegian" :-) who helped me on this too much to describe here. Alex, you are a true sport. Thank you again people. All the Best, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] horde sync status ?
Hello all, I had a quick look at the horde site and noticed that horde is being advertised as, let's say, "smartphone friendly". Does anyone know if the newest horde version can "talk" to smart phones in regards to e-mails ? In other words, can a user owning a smartphone get his/her e-mails on it apart from the webpage ? Thank you, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] second dovecot imap server
Hello again all, I would like to thank everyone for rushing to help me with the dovecot migration issue. I am , currently, reading and studying what has been said by all the good and kind people who responded to this list. OK, on the same issue,I thought of adding a totally new server with dovecot acting as a secondary/backup server for the mail servicing. Would that be possible ? What if I manage to make it work; Can I retire the old(er) server ? I would think that this is more on-topic than my last post. If I am out of line again, please respond in private. Thank you all! spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
- Original Message - > From: Robert Schetterer > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:06 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb > > Am 24.09.2012 19:42, schrieb Spyros Tsiolis: >> Hello all, >> > %<%<%<%<%<%<%<%< > > rsync > should do the job > > depending on your whole machine setup it might only be only > umount old /home and mount new(bigger) /home after sync > ,perhaps with tmp store elsewhere > ( for sure you have to have a plan before doing..) > > but your dovecot is very outdated, i would recommend > get up to new hard and software/os install, and then migrate > to new machine > >> > > > -- > Best Regards > MfG Robert Schetterer > On client machines I have thunderbird. What if : 1. I would make sure that thunderbird keeps a local copy of all the message (I think there is a check box somewhere on settings) 2. Make sure all client machines have synced their mailboxes locally on thunderbird. 3. Install a new version of Dovecot/Horde/XMail etc. 4. When the new installation is done, try to sync from the existing clients pc's to dovecot ? Would that work ? It's one scenario I am seriously contemplating. Thank you very much again, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
- Original Message - > From: Ed W > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:55 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb > > On 24/09/2012 19:07, Ed W wrote: >> This is one of those questions which is almost too easy if you are familiar > with Linux. Trying not to sound like a d*ck, but is it an option to rent > someone to help with admin jobs? For example, were it me then I would > probably > have setup some partitioning scheme with separate partitions for data and > operating system? Possibly also using LVM? > > That came out wrong... What I meant to say was something more like "if you > were to employ someone locally they would probably give you a whole bunch of > ideas on how you could adjust the setup of the server to be more future > proof. > It would be worth working with someone just to get that right. For example, > here are some ideas that occur to me that you could use ..." > > Sorry, should re-read my words before hitting send > > Ed > Ed, Don't worry about it. I wasn't offended. I have a lot of experience with linux but not on heavy metal servers. I used to have plenty of experience back in the G2/ G3 era (I was also ACE in the Compaq years) but that was back in the time that Compaq was only supporting Windows OSs and SCO. Also the problem is that I don't have the time to "play" with a spare HP/Compaq server ( I have a couple laying around btw). I'll get round to it at some point. I am just asking you chaps because I am sure people out there had the chance to tinker with newer and better equipment. Thank you for your reply, Best Regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
- Original Message - > From: Michescu Andrei > To: Dovecot Mailing List > Cc: > Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012, 21:07 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb > > Hello Spyros, > > Oupss... the DL360 G4 has only 2 bays and no external SCSI/SATA > connector... so the solution below does not really apply to you :( > > Andrei > >> Hello Spyros, >> >> As "best practice" you never have the OS and the data/logs/user > homes on >> the same partition or set of disks. >> >> If this is the case then your life is pretty easy: >> -simply create the new set of partitions >> -mount the new ones in a temporary location >> -rsync (or copy everything from old partitions) >> -Stop dovecot / all other daemons that might be using the data >> -mount the new ones in the place of old ones, mount the old ones in the >> place of new ones >> - rsync again (should be quick as not many things changed) >> - start all your deamons again :P >> >> If you do not have separate partitions maybe this is the perfect time to >> look into that... >> >> I would also look into btrfs... might be a good pick for your new >> partitions. >> >> best regards, >> Andrei >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot >>> horde, >>> Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts. >>> >>> The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it. >>> However, I am running out of disk space. >>> It has two times 76Gb Drives in RAID1 (disk mirroring) and the capacity >>> has reached 82%. >>> >>> I am starting of getting nervous. >>> >>> Does anyone know of a painless way to migrate the entire contents >>> directly >>> to another pair of 146Gb SCSI RAID1 disks ? >>> >>> I thought of downtime and using clonezilla, but my last experience with >>> it >>> was questionable. I remember having problems declaring disk re-sizing >>> from the smaller capacity drives to the larger ones. >>> >>> CentOS 5.5 >>> Manual install of : >>> >>> Mysql >>> XMail (pop3/smtp) >>> ASSP (anti spam) >>> Apache / LAMP >>> and last but by no means list : Dovecot >>> >>> Dovecot -n : >>> >>> # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >>> # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 >>> base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ >>> log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log >>> info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log >>> ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 >>> verbose_ssl: yes >>> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login >>> login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login >>> login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * >>> login_max_processes_count: 96 >>> mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir >>> mail_plugins: zlib >>> auth default: >>> verbose: yes >>> debug: yes >>> debug_passwords: yes >>> passdb: >>> driver: passwd-file >>> args: /etc/dovecot/passwd >>> passdb: >>> driver: pam >>> userdb: >>> driver: static >>> args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u >>> userdb: >>> driver: passwd >>> >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated or any ideas you might have. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> spyros >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "I merely function as a channel that filters >>> music through the chaos of noise" >>> - Vangelis >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> !DSPAM:5060a006309197419291868! Andrei, Thank you very much for you kind reply and both your messages. Having said that, would it be possible to take away on 72Gb drive (say Drive1 the second drive) and shove in one of the two 146Gb ones ? Shouldn't the array be rebuilt ? Will it use the extra disk space though ? Thanks, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] 76Gb to 146Gb
Hello all, I have a DL360 G4 1U server that does a wonderfull job with dovecot horde, Xmail and OpenLDAP for a company and serving about 40 acouunts. The machine is wonderful. I am very happy with it. However, I am running out of disk space. It has two times 76Gb Drives in RAID1 (disk mirroring) and the capacity has reached 82%. I am starting of getting nervous. Does anyone know of a painless way to migrate the entire contents directly to another pair of 146Gb SCSI RAID1 disks ? I thought of downtime and using clonezilla, but my last experience with it was questionable. I remember having problems declaring disk re-sizing from the smaller capacity drives to the larger ones. CentOS 5.5 Manual install of : Mysql XMail (pop3/smtp) ASSP (anti spam) Apache / LAMP and last but by no means list : Dovecot Dovecot -n : # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 96 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd Any help would be appreciated or any ideas you might have. Regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
> > From: "cc "maco" young" >To: Spyros Tsiolis >Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 16:00 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting > > >On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > >> . . . . %< . . . . . %< . . . . . . . . > >what you showed is what I remember when I was last hacking in TB. now all >options are gone. screenshot attached > > >think I know problem. got tired of TB - no options, no feedback. ok if >everything works; otherwise sucks. > > >went to claws. they have actual messages, actual logs. had similar problem, >but claws easily allowed me to override. see >this: http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2199 > > >know my cert chain ok because http://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html >checks chain ok > > >anyway, thanks for your help, and goodbye thunderbird > > > > I remember being stuck on this. I know what you are saying. Give it another go. Tinker with it. You'll get there. If you're fed up with TB, that's another thing. However, you _can_ get round this. I know I did. Just my 2c, Regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] problems with ssl cert
- Original Message - > From: "cc "maco" young" > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 10:50 > Subject: [Dovecot] problems with ssl cert > > in conf.d/10-ssl.conf: > > ssl = yes > ssl_cert = ssl_key = > when try to set up an account in thrunderbird, get /var/log/mail.log: > > imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, > lip=xx.xx.xx.xx, TLS: SSL_read() failed: error:14094416:SSL > routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert certificate unknown: SSL alert number > > openssl s_client -connect mail.myserver.com:993 - successful > > using the same cert in gning / chrome is successful, so think the cert is ok > Hi again, Do a fresh Thunderbird installation and get rid of any folders related to thunderbird on either OS you have installed it on. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
> > From: "cc "maco" young" >To: Spyros Tsiolis >Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 9:42 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting > > >On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > > >> >>- Original Message - >>> From: cc young >>> To: dovecot@dovecot.org >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 7:21 >>> Subject: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting >>> >>> cannot get TB to recognize either pop3/s or imap/s server >>> >>> can connect just fine with: >>> >>> openssl s_client -connect ms1.myserver.net:993 >>> . login ... >>> >>> but trying with TB /var/log/mail.log gets: >>> >>> dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, >>> lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx >>> dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, >>> lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/thunderbird-not-connecting-tp37389.html >>> Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >> >> >>Thunderbird is not the best of clients out there. >>It's ok but not the best. >> >>I am using TB on my sites and found out that it has many issues. >>Can you be a bit more specific ? >>Are you trying to connect to Secure IMAP ? (993) on dovecot ? >> >>In that case, as far as I remember you have to "fool" Thunderbird >>during the mail account set up process. >> >>It's a bit crazy, I know but it's true. I have documented everything. >>Let me know where the hickup is and I'll try to get the docs and >>let you know how to work around this. >> >>HTH, >> > > >right - trying to connect to Secure IMAP ? (993) on dovecot > > >not in love with thunderbird, but need to access via linux and ms > > >any help / insight would be wonderful > > Hi again, Taken from my docs . This is the first part for Mozilla Thunderbird setup. I've seen this work both on Win32 systems and linux systems (mainly Linux Mint). There's a part on pop3/smtp. I am sure you can skip that and do your own magic for those two protocols : Pre-Installation, Wizard Configuration -- During initial Thunderbird startup, the admin is greeted by a welcome window named “Mail Account Setup” Click on Cancel Installation Click on “Edit” -> “Account Settings” New window pops up Click on “Add” New window pops up Fill in “Description” (e.g. “Name Surname mailbox”) On “Server Name” enter the IP address (e.g. 192.168.3.5) On “Port” enter the SMTP port (e.g. 25) On “Security and Authentication” → “Connection Security” enter none On “Authentication Method” choose Password transmitted insecurely On “Username” enter the users' username including the FQDN (e.g. n...@domain.gr) Click on OK From “Edit”, click on “Account Settings” From “Account Actions” click on “Add Mail Account” New windows pops up Enter in the same name for “Your name” Enter in the same e-mail address for “Email address” On “Password” enter in users' password Click on “Continue” then without waiting click on “Manual Config” Once “Manual Config” is clicked, thunderbird will allow the admin to perform additional configuration tasks For “Incoming” the admin will choose “IMAP”, Server Hostname will be set to the servers' IP address (again, 192.168.3.5) From “Port” choose “993” From “SSL” choose “SSL/TLS” From “Authentication” choose “Autodetect” For “Outgoing” the admin will let the “SMTP” option For “Server Hostname”, choose the same IP address (e.g. 192.168.3.5) For “Port” choose “25” For “SSL” choose “None” For “Authentication” choose “Normal Password” On the Username field, enter the full user name, e.g. “u...@domain.gr” Click on “Re-test” Click on “Create Account” Check on the “I understand the Risks” checkbox Click on “Create Account” Click on “Confirm Security Exception” Click on “OK” Hope this helps and best regards, Spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
- Original Message - > From: cc young > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 7:21 > Subject: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting > > cannot get TB to recognize either pop3/s or imap/s server > > can connect just fine with: > > openssl s_client -connect ms1.myserver.net:993 > . login ... > > but trying with TB /var/log/mail.log gets: > > dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, > lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx > dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, > lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/thunderbird-not-connecting-tp37389.html > Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > Thunderbird is not the best of clients out there. It's ok but not the best. I am using TB on my sites and found out that it has many issues. Can you be a bit more specific ? Are you trying to connect to Secure IMAP ? (993) on dovecot ? In that case, as far as I remember you have to "fool" Thunderbird during the mail account set up process. It's a bit crazy, I know but it's true. I have documented everything. Let me know where the hickup is and I'll try to get the docs and let you know how to work around this. HTH, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] dovecot rpm packages for CentOS ?
- Original Message - > Hello all again, > > Has anyone any idea how to get the latest dovecot version for CentOS > 5.8 or 6.2 32-bit OS ? > > I did a quick search and found out that the official version of dovecot > for CentOS v5.8 is 1.0.2 (!!). > > Any repos ? Any ideas :-) ? > > Thank you all, > > spyros Oh "Duh" ! Here I go again :-) http://www.dovecot.org/download.html In front of my eyes, all this time. Thank you all though. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] dovecot rpm packages for CentOS ?
Hello all again, Has anyone any idea how to get the latest dovecot version for CentOS 5.8 or 6.2 32-bit OS ? I did a quick search and found out that the official version of dovecot for CentOS v5.8 is 1.0.2 (!!). Any repos ? Any ideas :-) ? Thank you all, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] error message. Some help please
Hello all : dovecot -n : # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 64 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd From the logs : tail -100 /var/log/dovecot/dovecot | more : . Jul 06 13:51:20 dovecot: Warning: All login processes are in use. You may need to increase login_max_processes_count Jul 18 15:20:32 dovecot: Warning: All login processes are in use. You may need to increase login_max_processes_count Jul 19 09:16:40 dovecot: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=3062 uid=0 code=kill) . Should I just go ahead and increase login_max_processes_count ? Is it that simple ? Just asking for your feedback and experience chaps. Thank you in advance, Spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] BEWARE: This list is being harvested for leads
>> My take on this (if anyone is interested >> in my opinion) is that Timo should be free >> to do whatever he wants with his code. > > This is not about the code, this is about using data gathered from > subscriptions to a public mailing list to send unasked marketing > emails. > > Dennis > Well, if you put it in that context, I stand corrected. Indeed, this could be an issue. But I still think that it was merely an issue of announcing it rather than gathering data from the list. Regards, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] BEWARE: This list is being harvested for leads
I hear people complaining about Timos' effort to try and make a profit out of his idea. Maybe these people would prefer for people like Timo to not announce anything at all and do this without informing anyone ? My take on this (if anyone is interested in my opinion) is that Timo should be free to do whatever he wants with his code. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] v2.1.5 released
>Oh, and looks like I got accepted as a speaker to LinuxTag 2012. The plan is >to talk about some new things in Dovecot and dsync replication (looks like I have to hurry up with the dsync rewrite). > I am quite amazed they haven't called you earlier. From what it seems you are doing a great job and dovecot is a rock-solid piece of software. Just my thoughts, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
Also, What do you mean by namespace ? I am sorry I didn't get that one : >> dovecot -n output would have helped. Mainly: do you have a namespace >> prefix or not? That's about the only thing I can think of related to >> that error message (e.g. dovecot has non-empty namespace prefix, while >> TB has empty namespace prefix). I missed the "namespace" thing. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
Hi Timo, > > From: Timo Sirainen >To: Spyros Tsiolis >Cc: Dovecot >Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 8:32 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles > >On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 22:54 +0100, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: >> However, I have this nagging problem with most of the thunderbird >> MTAs. When I try to delete some "test" messages I sent to make sure >> that everything works, it comes back with the following message on >> the bottom of the Thunderbird window : >> >> "The current operation on InBox did not succeed. >> The mail server for account "acco...@bloomingdomain.gr" >> responded [TRYCREATE] mailbox doesn't exist : Trash" > >That error probably happens when deleting a message. Yes, it does Timo. Thank you. >> Dovecot v1.2.15 AFAIK Actually it's v1.2.16 >dovecot -n output would have helped. Mainly: do you have a namespace >prefix or not? That's about the only thing I can think of related to >that error message (e.g. dovecot has non-empty namespace prefix, while >TB has empty namespace prefix). Why do I keep forgetting this ? Damn the gods :-) !@#$ :-) Here's the output of "dovecot -n" : [root@mailgate ~]# dovecot -n # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 64 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd [root@mailgate ~]# I suspect it's some freak thunderbird bug. It's the only explanation. I've migrated about 20 mailboxes and it's the only one acting up. Thanks again Timo, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
Hi again Charles, >>> Did you compare FS permissions on a working setup and the >>> non-working one? I don't have a non-working setup of dovecot >> Well, I checked the dovecot log files >> (dovecot-info.log / dovecot.log) >> It doesn't show something suspicious. >> Just the usual login logout and >> password chatter. > > Well, maybe one of the reasons people don't always try to help you is you > often just don't respond with answers to questions... Oh, I see. It's like what I ask questions about issues and get answers on other issues... > WHAT ARE THE FS PERMISSIONS ON THAT USERS MAIL FOLDERS? And don't just say > 'they are ok' - SHOW them... All users run with the virtual mail account (vmail) accounts (if I recall correctly) are stored in %maildir format. Do you want me to display user perms ? OK ! Fine. Here's the contents of the folder with the problem : [root@mailserver mailaccount]# ls -l total 8 drwx-- 6 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 2 17:08 Maildir -rw-rw-rw- 1 vmail vmail 141 Mar 30 17:21 user.tab Is this what you need ? I didn't answer this not because I don't want to but because I don't know if this is what you want. There's no need to shout. > And how about SHOWING SOME LOG EXCERPTS (and increase verbosity if needed), > instead of just saying you don't see anything relevant. Here goes : Apr 02 14:26:02 auth(default): Info: client out: OK1user=acco...@domain.gr Apr 02 14:26:02 auth(default): Info: master in: REQUEST1785294431 Apr 02 14:26:02 auth(default): Info: master out: USER1785account@domain.gruid=501gid=502home=/ho me/vmail/acco...@domain.gr Apr 02 14:26:02 imap-login: Info: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.20, lip=192.168.1. 4, TLS Apr 02 14:26:02 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=29450 Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH1PLAINservice=imapsecuredlip=192.168.1.4rip=192. 168.0.20lport=993rport=4494 Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: client out: CONT1 Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: client in: CONT1AHRpY2ldA29ZnzWzc9c5cgxTQA== Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(acco...@domain.gr,192.168.0.20): lookup: user=acco...@domain.gr file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: client out: OK1user=acco...@domain.gr Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: master in: REQUEST1786294501 Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: master out: USER1786account@domain.gruid=501gid=502home=/ho me/vmail/acco...@domain.gr Apr 02 14:27:02 imap-login: Info: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.20, lip=192.168.1. 4, TLS Apr 02 14:27:02 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=29453 s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
- Original Message - > From: Charles Marcus > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 12:55 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles > > On 2012-04-02 6:51 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: >> As far as I can tell everything went well except for one >> user (so far) that he tries to move fresh mail to (mv'd) >> folders and it doesn't get there. >> Also when he tries to delete messages, they don't get >> deleted. >> I did "cp -r" actually and kept the old mailboxes nearby >> just in case. > > What do the logs show when he tries this? > > Did you compare FS permissions on a working setup and the non-working one? > > -- > Best regards, > > Charles > Hi Charles, Well, I checked the dovecot log files (dovecot-info.log / dovecot.log) It doesn't show something suspicious. Just the usual login logout and password chatter. At this point, I suspect it's thunderbird again. I asked the rest of the people how they are doing and they said they were doing fine. So I suspect there's something wrong with this specific dovecot installation. Thank you though, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
> On 2/4/2012 1:51 μμ, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > >> I did "cp -r" actually and kept the old mailboxes nearby >> just in case. > > If on CentOS/RHEL (don't know for other systems), you could try using > explicitly: > > /bin/cp -pr > > for better results, because cp is aliased. > > You might already be aware of this, but just in case... > > Nick > Hi Nick, No I didn't know this. I mean I had it stored in the back of my head but to tell you the truth I would never use it. Yes, thank you kindly for pointing that. I'll use that switch from now on. And , yes, I am using CentOS. Can't live without it, no matter what the people say :-) Thank you again, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
> On 2012-04-02 6:19 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: >> Is the above what I need if I migrate mailboxes FROM dovecot TO dovecot ? >> E.g. in my example, I only copy mailboxes from an old > "u...@domaina.gr" to >> "u...@domainb.gr". >> >> Is the above all I need ? >> >> Is there a native dovecot tool for this or should I just use imapsync ? > > Are these on ths same box? If so, why not just mv them?? Hi Charles, Yes, on the same box, on the same drive, on the same partition/filesystem. I have a box with dovecot/XMail (pop3/smtp) and two domains; DomainA and DomainB The company bosses decided to move about 20 mailboxes from DomainA to DomainB. As far as I can tell everything went well except for one user (so far) that he tries to move fresh mail to (mv'd) folders and it doesn't get there. Also when he tries to delete messages, they don't get deleted. I did "cp -r" actually and kept the old mailboxes nearby just in case. Thanks, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
I have a suspicion that, as usual, no one is going to answer my message. Because of the fact that this is a call for help and no-one ever bothers, I 'll just have to re-phrase my question : Here's what I found on the dovecot wiki : imapsync Here's an example of how to run imapsync for a single user: imapsync --syncinternaldates \ --host1 192.168.1.57 --authmech1 LOGIN --user1 l...@example.com --password1 secret \ --host2 127.0.0.1--authmech2 LOGIN --user2 l...@example.com --password2 secret It is quite easy to script this for a number of users, assuming you have their passwords. Even if you do not, imapsync also supports logging in as an admin user that has the ability to copy message for sub users, and a variety of other authentication options. Is the above what I need if I migrate mailboxes FROM dovecot TO dovecot ? E.g. in my example, I only copy mailboxes from an old "u...@domaina.gr" to "u...@domainb.gr". Is the above all I need ? Is there a native dovecot tool for this or should I just use imapsync ? Thank you again, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis - Original Message - > From: Spyros Tsiolis > To: Spyros Tsiolis > Cc: > Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 11:24 > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Mail migration troubles > > Hello again, > > Well, it seems I have trouble with the migration after all. > After the migration and eventhough all folders and messages > are on their respective places, any new mail users get > inside their mailbox cannot be dragged-and-dropped to > their respective folders. > > So, if a user has a folder with my name on it and I send > him an e-mail, the user will try to drag-and-drop that > message to the folder with my name, but the message won't > move. > > Any gurus out there on this ? > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > spyros > > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > music through the chaos of noise" > - Vangelis >
[Dovecot] strike my last
strike my last, looks like its a thunderbird issue Apologies... s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] Mail migration troubles
Hello all, OK, I would really appreciate your help on this. I managed to do a pretty straight-forward and flawless migration on dovecot from one domain to another. However, I have this nagging problem with most of the thunderbird MTAs. When I try to delete some "test" messages I sent to make sure that everything works, it comes back with the following message on the bottom of the Thunderbird window : "The current operation on InBox did not succeed. The mail server for account "acco...@bloomingdomain.gr" responded [TRYCREATE] mailbox doesn't exist : Trash" Now, I know it has to do something with automatically creating a trash folder. But don't know anything more. Could someone shed some light on this ? Dovecot v1.2.15 AFAIK CentOS 5.5 x86 (32-bit) other stuff On Clients : Thunderbird v11.0.1 (XP Pro / 32-bit) s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] migrating mailboxes on dovecot
Thanks Charles, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis > > From: Charles Marcus >To: dovecot@dovecot.org >Sent: Sunday, 25 March 2012, 17:01 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] migrating mailboxes on dovecot > >On 2012-03-25 8:53 AM, Luuk@dovecot wrote: >> i would also setup a forward from domainA to domainB for all the users >> that have moved, at least until most people who do send email know the >> 'old'address has changed. > >I would only do that for a few days at most, otherwise it just turns into a >crutch that will 'enable' lazy people to wait 'forever' until they change >their address book. > >What I do is set up the alais for a few days, then convert it to a custom >reject, informing the sender of the new email address. > >-- >Best regards, > >Charles > > >
Re: [Dovecot] migrating mailboxes on dovecot
>On 25-03-2012 10:23, Gedalya wrote: >> On 3/25/2012 3:24 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: >>> The directory structure is : >>> >>> >>> "/var/MailRoot/domains/domainX/Username/Maildir/" >> >> You can probably just: >> 1. Do something to prevent the user from logging in, and any deliveries >> from happening, e.g. delete the user. >> 2. Kick any existing connections. >> 3. Just move the Username directory from domainA to domainB. >> 4. Create the new user in the new domain >> >> Test the procedure first. >> >> Don't let a client log in to a mailbox and see something he's not >> supposed to see, like an empty mailbox. It can cause the client to drop >> its local cache and possibly other data. >> >> > >i would also setup a forward from domainA to domainB for all the users >that have moved, at least until most people who do send email know the >'old'address has changed. Hi chaps and thank you for your replies, Sorry forgot to mention. Most of the users use thunderbird. And yes, thank you for the forwarding issue of old e-mail accounts to the new ones. However, that is not my problem. Let me suggest something . . . : What if : 1. I setup the new accounts 2. Users log on normally from thunderbird 3. While they are using thunderbird, I get rid of their old e-mail address, create the new one (in thunderbird) 4. I make sure that the newly created address syncs with dovecot Wouldn't that be enough to migrate "on-the-fly" so to speak their existing directory tree structure and related messages to their new e-mail account ? Any ideas ? Cheers, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] migrating mailboxes on dovecot
Hello all, I want to ask about something I never did before. I have a dovecot/XMail/LAMP/Horde installation on a CentOS 5.5 32-bit system with two domains : domainA and domainB All the users used to have their mailboxes on domainA. However the personell dept decided that 90% of the users will have to have their mailboxes set to domainB and the other 10% will stay at domainA. So, I need to migrate those mailboxes from domainA to domainB. The only thing is I haven't done that ever. The directory structure is : "/var/MailRoot/domains/domainX/Username/Maildir/" and under there the usual suspects : cur (directory) dovecot.index.cache (file) dovecot-keywords (file) dovecot-uidvalidity (file) new (directory) tmp (directory) dovecot.index (file) dovecot.index.log (file) dovecot-uidlist (file) dovecot-uidvalidity.4cc055c6 (file) subscriptions (file) Using dovecot v1.2.15 Any help would be appreciated. Iam supposed to do this today !! :-) Thank you all, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Creating an IMAP repo for ~100 users need some advice
>Hi, > >I am currently in the process of setting up an IMAP repository for round 100 >users > >Currently the user authentication method is being handled via a Windows Domain >Controller. > >The host OS for Dovecot will either be FreeBSD or CentOS. > > >Would Dovecot be able to authenticate to either the DC directly or would we >need to go through LDAP?? > > >Additionally what would be the best method to store the **mail** information? - as in MySQL database or Maildir format; coinciding with this what is the best backup method in order to be able to do 'dump' backups or restore single emails?? > > >Can anyone give me a hand with this? > > >Regards, > > >Kaya Hi Kaya, I can't force you to follow a specific path. All I can do, is tell you my experience on this. Using Dovecot for IMAP, XMail for POP3/SMTP, Horde for Webmail, OpenLDAP for LDAP (no windows software there) and CentOS v5.5 32-bit onwards. User base is about 30 users. System uptime without a glitch reached at some point (had to reboot the server for maintenance reasons) about 200 days. I am sure it would go beyond 365 days. Hope this helps, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] adding dovecot to webmin list of services
Duh ! It's already there and I didn't notice it. How typical of me. Sorry guys, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis - Original Message - > From: Spyros Tsiolis > To: Dovecot > Cc: > Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011, 14:07 > Subject: [Dovecot] adding dovecot to webmin list of services > > Hello , > > I am playing with webmin these days and find it > really fun to install and use everyday. > > However, on the services option, amongst other > services, the dovecot service is not shown. > > Does anyone out there have similar experience > with webmin and dovecot and know how to make > it appear there ? > > I am using CentOS (5.5/5.6/5.7) 32-bit > Dovecot was installed manually and not from > yum (.rpm) > Dovecot v1.2.15 > > > TIA, > > s. > > > > > > > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > music through the chaos of noise" > - Vangelis >
[Dovecot] adding dovecot to webmin list of services
Hello , I am playing with webmin these days and find it really fun to install and use everyday. However, on the services option, amongst other services, the dovecot service is not shown. Does anyone out there have similar experience with webmin and dovecot and know how to make it appear there ? I am using CentOS (5.5/5.6/5.7) 32-bit Dovecot was installed manually and not from yum (.rpm) Dovecot v1.2.15 TIA, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] off topic question, ammended
Sorry chaps, I meant MUA not MTA. I am trying to find a mail reader doing LDAP writes. Regards, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] off topic question
Hello list, Is anybody out there who knows of an MTA that can do LDAP writes ? I apologize for bringing this to the list, however, I did some googling and cannot find any answer to this. Thank you all, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] doveadm segfaults on TCP connect - version 2.0.15
- Original Message - From: "ghandidrivesahum...@rocketfish.com" To: dovecot@dovecot.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 22:40 Subject: [Dovecot] doveadm segfaults on TCP connect - version 2.0.15 Hi list, I just recently installed Dovecot 2.0.15. Unfortunately, doveadm segfaults when I attempt to connect to the local dovecot instance. When this occurs, my logs show: 2011-10-19T12:31:23-07:00 mail02 dovecot: doveadm: Error: doveadm client not compatible with this server (mixed old and new binaries?) I am using the settings listed on the wiki page http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Director [root@mail02 ~]# /opt/dovecot/bin/doveadm who -a 10.10.5.220:544 Segmentation fault (core dumped) doveconf and gdb output are below. If there is any more information I can provide please let me know. Thanks! Which OS version ? Have you considered the possibility you had a previous version of dovecot installed from the distro, then installed v2.0.15 ? Just saying, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] How to get rid of sub-folders ?
On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 16:22 +0100, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > OK, no answers on my previous e-mail. I'll rephrase it. > How can I get rid of subfolders on a users' tree-like structure on dovecot ? > Which file must I "touch" ? This still isn't very understandable. You can delete subfolders with either IMAP client (= IMAP DELETE command) or simply rm -rf in the filesystem. Or do you mean moving the subfolders to be root level folders? Again IMAP client should be able to do this, or in filesystem level (assuming Maildir++) you'd do something like: mv ~/Maildir/.root.subfolder ~/Maildir/.subfolder Timo, thank you kindly for your time and patience, It's a weird scenario where the user uses Thunderbird and managed to create folders underneath the subscribers' (her) root folder with symbols that are not accepted by thunderbird. Hence, the trouble of not being able to get rid of these folders. Thanks for the pointer. I'll have to look more closely to the help pages for the IMAP protocol. Best Regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] How to get rid of sub-folders ?
Hello, OK, no answers on my previous e-mail. I'll rephrase it. How can I get rid of subfolders on a users' tree-like structure on dovecot ? Which file must I "touch" ? TIA, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] User tries to move folder, then looses it
Hello, Well, this is kind of difficult to explain. I have this user that keeps making mistakes on his pc and sometimes I don't know if I should believe her or not. Anywhoo, this time round, she managed to loose a whole folder on Thunderbird. She claims she tried to move the folder from a tree directory structure (see : sub-sub-folder) she created for herself to another place underneath "root". Additionaly, she managed to mangle things up since she used on TB characters like "/" "\" and "&" . So thunderbird refuses to access those sub-folders on the folder tree and I cannot rename them (in order to have later access). Here's dovecot info : -- # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 64 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd -- TIA, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] OT - small hd recommendation
Ditto, Don't know anything on RAID 10 with four disks, but I agree with the two-disk scenario. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis From: Thomas Harold To: dovecot@dovecot.org Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:23 Subject: Re: [Dovecot] OT - small hd recommendation On 9/1/2011 12:48 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > > Given my extensive requirements - I haven't yet filled my existing 320GB > - size isn't a big deal. Am I actually deriving much benefit from 4-disk > RAID10 using 160GB discs - vs a 2-4 disc 1TB RAID1 array? > A pair of RAID-1 mirrors: - easy to deal with - you can attempt to manually balance load between the two arrays (storage on one pair, indexes and mail queue on other pair) - disks can be pulled and taken to another machine and read one by one - slightly harder to screw up (but both setups die if the wrong 2 disks fail) RAID-10 over 4 disks: - generally faster seeks - generally faster read/write speeds due to striping - generally the better choice for performance - a bit harder to bury the disks vs a pair of mirrors - lets you have a bigger partition - all the eggs in a single array If you're having performance problems on the existing RAID-10, your only real choices are to throw more spindles at it (move to a 6 or 8 disk RAID-10 w/ a hot-spare disk), throw faster spindles at it (10k/15k SAS), or move to SSD. So, if you think you can manually balance the needs of the system, you could try a pair of independent mirrors. But if you want less hassle, stick with the RAID-10. (And look into a tool like "atop" which can be run in the terminal and does a decent job of showing you whether the CPU/DISK is overly busy.)
Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
--- On Wed, 10/8/11, DT wrote:
> From: DT
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> To: "Dovecot Mailing List" , "Spyros Tsiolis"
>
> Date: Wednesday, 10 August, 2011, 20:05
> I initially ran dovecot 2.0.13 from
> CentOS 6 base repository. Then I switched to beta 9
> (source) because I found most articles saying it's stable
> with the stuff I wanted compiled - compiling it was actually
> a pain.
>
> Now I successfully compiled and installed 2.0.13 from
> source. Works like a charm. Still I can't pinpoint exactly
> where the problem was: could be a bug OR could be a
> problematic package in centos6 repository... can't say -
> maybe I will test more in depth on a dev box.
>
> All the best
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/10/11, Spyros Tsiolis
> wrote:
>
>
> From: Spyros Tsiolis
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> To: "Dovecot Mailing List"
> Cc: nbw0...@yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 7:30 PM
>
>
> --- On Wed, 10/8/11, DT
> wrote:
>
> > From: DT
> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> > To: "Dovecot Mailing List"
> > Date: Wednesday, 10 August, 2011, 17:12
> > [SOLVED]
> >
> > For some reason I had to give up compiling/working
> > with beta version - it seems to have some issue with
> the
> > storages. Instead I compiled last stable version and
> all is
> > working fine - funny thing is that I had to compile
> with
> > both mbox and maildir storage drivers (probably for
> postfix
> > compatibility)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 8/10/11, DT
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: DT
> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> > To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> > Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 4:49 PM
> >
> >
> > Still couldn't solve this mbox problem... Is there
> anyone
> > who can assist me with this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 8/6/11, DT
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: DT
> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> > To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> > Date: Saturday, August 6, 2011, 10:12 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you Thomas for opening my eyes on that matter,
> I
> > fixed that area as bellow and it solved the Postfix
> problem
> > 100%
> >
> > service auth {
> > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
> {
> > mode = 0600
> > user = postfix
> > group = postfix
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Now I only have same old issue with Dovecot only:
> > 2011-08-05 07:52:21 imap(cont...@mydomain.com):
> > Debug: Effective uid=901, gid=12,
> > home=/vmail/mydomain.com/contact
> > 2011-08-05 07:52:21 imap(cont...@mydomain.com):
> > Error: user cont...@mydomain.com:
> > Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from
> > mail_location setting failed: Unknown mail storage
> driver
> > maildir
> > 2011-08-05 07:52:21 imap(cont...@mydomain.com):
> > Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for
> more
> > information.
> >
> > Somehow it doesnt like what I have in mail_location
> or
> > so... but I tried so many other folders, tried maildir
> also,
> > error keeps showing, I can login to IMAP but once I do
> I'm
> > dropped :* BYE Internal error occurred. Refer to
> server log
> > for more information.
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> >
> > Thank you again for any oppinion or advice.
> >
> >
> >
> > >In the config posted 'service auth' is not
> configured:
> > >
> > >http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL
> > >
> > >Thomas
> >
> >
> > >> No I noticed Postfix isnt running anymore :(
> > >> Aug 4 14:49:25 hostname
> postfix/smtpd[6414]:
> > connect from mail-fx0-f51.google.com[209.85.161.51]
> > >> Aug 4 14:49:25 hostname
> postfix/smtpd[6414]:
> > warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed:
> Connection
> > refused
> > >> Aug 4 14:49:25 hostname
> postfix/smtpd[6414]:
> > fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
> > >>
> > >> All I did was a simple system reboot
> > >>
> >
>
>
> If you don't mind me ask; What version of dovecot were you
> trying
> to build ?
>
> Were you trying to buld/compile from sources ?
> Didn't you use the rpms for CentOS that exist ?
>
> Regards,
>
> s.
>
>
>
> "I merely function as a channel that filters
> music through the chaos of noise"
> - Vangelis
Hi DT,
Have you tinkered with debug switches on dovecot ?
They are pretty straightforward and down to the point
(see: not cryptic :-)
I build dovecot from sources too. Not relaying on CentOS
repos.
I currently have two mailservers with dovecot and have
no problems.
Then, I am not using v2.x but v1.x (I can't remember the
exact version at the moment).
HTH
s.
"I merely function as a channel that filters
music through the chaos of noise"
- Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
--- On Wed, 10/8/11, DT wrote:
> From: DT
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> To: "Dovecot Mailing List"
> Date: Wednesday, 10 August, 2011, 17:12
> [SOLVED]
>
> For some reason I had to give up compiling/working
> with beta version - it seems to have some issue with the
> storages. Instead I compiled last stable version and all is
> working fine - funny thing is that I had to compile with
> both mbox and maildir storage drivers (probably for postfix
> compatibility)
>
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 8/10/11, DT
> wrote:
>
>
> From: DT
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 4:49 PM
>
>
> Still couldn't solve this mbox problem... Is there anyone
> who can assist me with this?
>
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 8/6/11, DT
> wrote:
>
>
> From: DT
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mbox problems on CentOS 6
> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> Date: Saturday, August 6, 2011, 10:12 AM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you Thomas for opening my eyes on that matter, I
> fixed that area as bellow and it solved the Postfix problem
> 100%
>
> service auth {
> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> mode = 0600
> user = postfix
> group = postfix
> }
> }
>
> Now I only have same old issue with Dovecot only:
> 2011-08-05 07:52:21 imap(cont...@mydomain.com):
> Debug: Effective uid=901, gid=12,
> home=/vmail/mydomain.com/contact
> 2011-08-05 07:52:21 imap(cont...@mydomain.com):
> Error: user cont...@mydomain.com:
> Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from
> mail_location setting failed: Unknown mail storage driver
> maildir
> 2011-08-05 07:52:21 imap(cont...@mydomain.com):
> Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more
> information.
>
> Somehow it doesnt like what I have in mail_location or
> so... but I tried so many other folders, tried maildir also,
> error keeps showing, I can login to IMAP but once I do I'm
> dropped :* BYE Internal error occurred. Refer to server log
> for more information.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Thank you again for any oppinion or advice.
>
>
>
> >In the config posted 'service auth' is not configured:
> >
> >http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL
> >
> >Thomas
>
>
> >> No I noticed Postfix isnt running anymore :(
> >> Aug 4 14:49:25 hostname postfix/smtpd[6414]:
> connect from mail-fx0-f51.google.com[209.85.161.51]
> >> Aug 4 14:49:25 hostname postfix/smtpd[6414]:
> warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: Connection
> refused
> >> Aug 4 14:49:25 hostname postfix/smtpd[6414]:
> fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
> >>
> >> All I did was a simple system reboot
> >>
>
If you don't mind me ask; What version of dovecot were you trying
to build ?
Were you trying to buld/compile from sources ?
Didn't you use the rpms for CentOS that exist ?
Regards,
s.
"I merely function as a channel that filters
music through the chaos of noise"
- Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot Backup
--- On Sun, 31/7/11, spamv...@googlemail.com wrote: > From: spamv...@googlemail.com > Subject: [Dovecot] Dovecot Backup > To: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Sunday, 31 July, 2011, 15:02 > Hi.. > > are there any proofen Methods to backup all mail ? > > shutting down dovecot and tar the hole dir? > using rsnapshot? > > any hints / thoughts > > im running dovecot2 on freebsd > > Hans > Ditto, But then again no-one bothered to answer this when I asked. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] My status
--- On Fri, 22/7/11, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: [Dovecot] My status > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Friday, 22 July, 2011, 14:49 > Hello list, > > In case anyone's wondering why I haven't been replying here > much lately: > > 1. I've been busy working (you know, paid work) on full > text search > indexing redesign. That change was a bigger job than I > realized at first > (mainly due to virtual mailboxes), so I've been a bit > stressed/frustrated over it. I finally finished it today > though, so > that's over now: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/7b9978eb6f91 > > I hope to add Antonio's Solr attachment indexing support to > it once I'm > a bit less busy. I'm in any case also going to add generic > attachment > indexing so that CLucene backend can also do it. I've also > other work > left to do for a few more weeks. > > 2. My new apartment gets too hot (30C) when it gets over > about 22C > outside, which is almost daily. So my brain melts in the > heat and I > don't have energy to do much of anything. But I finally > yesterday bought > an air conditioning machine, which should solve this > problem. I don't > know why I didn't buy it weeks ago. > > So .. I'll try to get back to reading and answering mails > next week > after I've finished some more work and don't feel like I'm > lagging > behind too much. Timo, Believe me if I had the company and the funds I would head-hunt you :-) But seriously. Don't worry about it. We are all fine (as far as I can tell) and dovecot proceeds wonderfully. 30 Degrees Centigrade whilst 22 outside? Where the heck are you living ? s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Mysql access denied
--- On Thu, 23/6/11, l...@airstreamcomm.net wrote: > From: l...@airstreamcomm.net > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Mysql access denied > To: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Thursday, 23 June, 2011, 17:11 > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:48:58 +0200, > Johan Hendriks > > wrote: > > Op 23-6-2011 15:37, l...@airstreamcomm.net > [1] schreef: > > Currently using dovecot 2.0.12 and mysql server 4.0.20 > (I know, it's > > really old) and having issues getting Dovecot to > authenticate to the > > mysql > > server. We have confirmed that the credentials are > correct and the host > > machine can access the database, however we are > getting the following > > error: > > > > Jun 23 08:12:50 hostname dovecot: auth: Error: > mysql(databaseserver.com): > > Connect failed to database (database): Access denied > for user: > > 'sqlad...@ip.of.host.machine > [2]' (Using password: YES) - waiting for 1 > > seconds > > before retry > > > > We are assuming this has something to do with the > password hashing > > algorithm in older versions of mysql, but we are > hoping to confirm this > > theory and find a solution. > > > > Thanks. > > > > This has as far as i can see nothing > to do with hashes. > > It is the mysql database that disallows the user > sqladmin access to the > > database. > > Make sure the user sqladmin has the proper > rights to access the > > database, from the ipadres. > > > > Gr > > Johan Hendriks > > > > > > > > Links: > > -- > > [1] mailto:l...@airstreamcomm.net > > [2] mailto:sqlad...@ip.of.host.machine > > When talking about hashes I was referring to this wiki > article: > http://wiki1.dovecot.org/MysqlProblems. As I > stated in my email we have > confirmed that the host can access the database just fine, > and the > credentials are correct in the config for Dovecot. > > Thanks. Hi , Just my 2c. 1. I noticed even in newer versions (in my case built from sources), if the admin enters special symbols on the passwords like !@#$%, MySQL accepts them but the user will never authenticate afterwards. So I keep passwords simple with latin and numbers only. 2. Also, make sure you have grasped well the "grant" syntax : example : [root@localhost ~]# mysql –uroot –p mysql> use datebase_schema; mysql> grant all on database_schema.* -> to user@localhost; Try the same for ip addresses. HTH, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot Solutions company
--- On Fri, 13/5/11, Jerry wrote: > From: Jerry > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot Solutions company > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Friday, 13 May, 2011, 17:56 > On Fri, 13 May 2011 14:27:28 +0200 > Joseba Torre > articulated: > > > On Viernes 13 Mayo 2011 14:09:10 Timo Sirainen > escribió: > > > I recently created Dovecot Solutions Oy (Ltd) > company with two > > > other guys. We sell Dovecot support, development, > etc. > > > > > > I was planning on announcing this only after we > get an actual web > > > site, but since I already told about it in > Linuxtag today, I might > > > as well tell everyone. The upcoming web site > should have some more > > > details, but if you already know you want to buy > something, let me > > > know. :) > > > > Congratulations. Hope you earn tons of money :) > > Seriously, you are venturing into capitalism! What next; > going the way > of Skype? You could use a few billion couldn't you? > > Seriously, good luck. I am a true blue believer in > capitalism. > > -- > Jerry ✌ > dovecot.u...@seibercom.net > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get > ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > __ > > Oh yeah ! that sorted out our world pretty fine didn't it ? (sorry list, just couldn't resist). s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot Solutions company
--- On Fri, 13/5/11, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: [Dovecot] Dovecot Solutions company > To: dovecot-n...@dovecot.org, "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Friday, 13 May, 2011, 15:09 > I recently created Dovecot Solutions > Oy (Ltd) company with two other guys. We sell Dovecot > support, development, etc. > > I was planning on announcing this only after we get an > actual web site, but since I already told about it in > Linuxtag today, I might as well tell everyone. The upcoming > web site should have some more details, but if you already > know you want to buy something, let me know. :) > > Hi, All the Best Timo and wishing you good business ! I would definitely like to contribute. Waiting for the website then . . . Regards, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder
--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Thomas Leuxner wrote: > From: Thomas Leuxner > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Monday, 9 May, 2011, 11:55 > On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 09:44:46AM > +0100, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > > > I checked all the hidden files underneath > > maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > > and coudn't find this specific folder. > > Hi Spyros, > > do you happen to have a backup of the Maildir structure? > You could > simply restore the folder in that case to "minimize" > damage. It would > not tell you why/how it was deleted although. > > An ACL placed on the folder may be a feasible solution for > that > particular user going forward... > > Thomas Hi again, How exactly would I place an ACL ? Should I check the dovecot docs for this ? thanks again, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder
--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Maarten Bezemer wrote: > From: Maarten Bezemer > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder > To: "Spyros Tsiolis" > Cc: "Thomas Leuxner" , "Dovecot" > Date: Monday, 9 May, 2011, 11:55 > Hi, > > On Mon, 9 May 2011, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > > > I checked all the hidden files underneath > maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > > and coudn't find this specific folder. > > Checking for specific emails could help. > On the other hand, having backups handy would be nice. That > would not only be helpful if the user simply deleted a > folder (instead of a single email, seen that happen more > than once with Outlook users), but it would also give you an > idea of file names which might have accidentally be moved to > another folder. > > HTH... > > Maarten > Hi Maarten, that is actually what I suspect. The user is using thunderbird v1.3.10. However, I suspect that she accidentally deleted the whole folder. I cannot deduct anything else. I ran through all possible paranoid scenarios. It doesn't make any sense. Thank you kindly, Spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder
--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Thomas Leuxner wrote: > From: Thomas Leuxner > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Monday, 9 May, 2011, 11:03 > On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 08:31:18AM > +0100, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > > > mail_location: > maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > > Did you verify in the Maildir structure for that user? > > Maildir/.folder > Maildir/.folder.subfolder > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir > > Regards > Thomas Thomas, Thank you kindly. I checked all the hidden files underneath maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir and coudn't find this specific folder. Thank you again, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder
Hello kind people, OK, today is a bad day for me. A user from a clients' site called early in the morning to inform me that she lost an entire folder on thunderbird with (naturally) important stuff in it. I am trying to find the lost folder, but there is nowhere to be found. Any ideas would greatly appreciated. Regards, Spyros "dovecot -n" : - # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 64 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd - "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] ntp revisited (so what to do ?)
OK, So what you people say is : 1. Run "ntpdate" during startup only once 2. After that, keep time with ntpd Right ? Regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] May 05 07:20:21 imap: Warning: Time jumped forwards 16 seconds
--- On Thu, 5/5/11, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] May 05 07:20:21 imap: Warning: Time jumped forwards 16 > seconds > To: "Spyros Tsiolis" > Cc: f.bon...@esiee.fr, "Dovecot" > Date: Thursday, 5 May, 2011, 21:49 > On 5.5.2011, at 20.45, Spyros Tsiolis > wrote: > > > AFAIK, to keep good time on a linux machine inside the > network, > > you need to run "ntpdate" and not "ntpd". > > No no no! That just makes things worse! It's the most > common reason for these "Time jumped forwards/backwards" > warnings. > > ! Seriously ? .s "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] May 05 07:20:21 imap: Warning: Time jumped forwards 16 seconds
Hello, You say ntpd is running. Is it running as a daemon ? AFAIK, to keep good time on a linux machine inside the network, you need to run "ntpdate" and not "ntpd". I had _exactly_ the same problem and I was running an ntp daemon. I wasn't actually syncing to anything. So,I did some searching and found out that I need to run "ntpdate ntp.server.fqdn", then add this same line to cron. HTH, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] try to compile dovecot 2.0.11 with ssl support
--- On Sat, 26/3/11, easy klaus wrote: > From: easy klaus > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] try to compile dovecot 2.0.11 with ssl support > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Saturday, 26 March, 2011, 20:54 > Hello, > > >> SSL : yes > (OpenSSL) > > > >So it should be there.. > > > >> so it looks like SSL support is included, but when > I start dovecot the > >> message is: > >> > >> doveconf: Error: SSL support > not compiled in but ssl=yes > > > >Well, that's weird. Are you sure you're running the > just-compiled > >version of Dovecot (i.e. not a previously installed > version that didn't > >have OpenSSL compiled in)? > > > > Yes, I think so. I tried to find every dovecot directory > and files and deleted it. After "make" and "make install" > there was a new file under "/usr/local/sbin/dovecot" this is > the one I use. > > >What does dovecot --build-options say? > > output of "/usr/local/sbin/dovecot --build-options" > > Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=dnotify ipv6 > io_block_size=8192 > Mail storages: cydir maildir mbox mdbox raw sdbox shared > SQL drivers: > Passdb: checkpassword passwd passwd-file shadow > Userdb: checkpassword nss passwd prefetch passwd-file > > This looks strange because there is no ssl support. > > >Do you have "#define HAVE_SSL" in config.h? > > No, I only can find "#define HAVE_OPENSSL" > > Regards, Markus > > > -- > NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und > surfen! > > Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone > Chaps, on the same issue, does one need to have both SSLs configured in ? Like "OpenSSL" _and_ "SSL" support build in or just one of the two ? Thanks, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] [Off Topic] - Any backup solutions ?
Hello kind people, OK, I know this is not for this list; However, reading all these mails on the topic of filesystems, I thought that it's a good place to ask about backup software on linux. Here's what I have. It's an HP 230 Ultrium LTO 1 SCSI backup mechanism (tape streamer to be exact). I'm supposed to hook it up today with an adaptec AHA-2940 controller to a gigabyte mainboard running Ubuntu Server 10.04. Does anyone have a config close to this one ? What kind of software would you chaps recommend ? dd ? Bacula ?? Other ?? This mechanism is supposed to grab backups from the same machine running it (the tape streamer), which is an ubuntu server version 10.04 with three SATA disks and maybe some stuff remotely (through the local network that is), from a couple of windows 7 / windows xp machines. Also 100Gb on every tape is not going to be enough and it looks like I will have to swap tapes during the process. Thank you all for your time and patience, Best Regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Best Cluster Storage
--- On Thu, 20/1/11, Henrique Fernandes wrote: > From: Henrique Fernandes > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Best Cluster Storage > To: "alex handle" > Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Thursday, 20 January, 2011, 18:20 > []'sf.rique > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:10 PM, alex handle > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Jan-Frode Myklebust > > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 05:16:50PM -0800, Brad > Davidson wrote: > > >> > > >> Don't give up on the simplest solution too > easily - lots of us run NFS > > >> with quite large installs. As a matter of > fact, I think all of the large > > >> installs run NFS; hence the need for the > Director in 2.0. > > > > > > Not all, if this counts as large: > > > > > > Filesystem > Size Used Avail > Use% Mounted on > > > /dev/gpfsmail > 9.9T 8.7T 1.2T 88% > /maildirs > > > > > > Filesystem > > Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% > Mounted on > > > /dev/gpfsmail > 105279488 90286634 > 14992854 86% /maildirs > > > > > > > how do you backup that data? :) > > > Same question! > > I have about 1TB used and it takes 22 hrs to backup > maildirs! > > I have problens with ocfs2 in fouding the file! > > > > > -ah > > > Yeah ! Same here. How do you backup all this ? s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.9 released
"I merely function as a channel that filters
music through the chaos of noise"
- Vangelis
--- On Fri, 14/1/11, Holger Mauermann wrote:
> From: Holger Mauermann
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.9 released
> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> Date: Friday, 14 January, 2011, 0:22
> Am 13.01.2011 19:42, schrieb Holger
> Mauermann:
> > Am 13.01.2011 18:58, schrieb Timo Sirainen:
> >> On 13.1.2011, at 19.20, Holger Mauermann wrote:
> >>
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> > ...
> > mail_plugins = " quota acl listescape zlib
> lazy_expunge"
> > ...
>
> Ok, seems to be a bug in the listescape
> plugin. If I remove it from
> mail_plugins renaming works fine.
> Unfortunately, that's not an option
> because some users have folders with '.' in its name.
>
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Is "listescape" a plugin that allows people own folders with
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> Holger
>
TIA,
s.
Re: [Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts
--- On Tue, 23/11/10, Robert Schetterer wrote: > From: Robert Schetterer > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Tuesday, 23 November, 2010, 13:22 > Am 23.11.2010 11:48, schrieb Spyros > Tsiolis: > > Hello, > > > > What the subject says. > > I am trying, that is. > > OK, here's the story. > > Users very lazy. Don't want to write down their > contact details > > from scratch. > > Here's what I thought : > > > > migrate (export?) contacts from outlook to mozilla > thunderbird. > > Then find a way to make thunderbird "talk" to dovecot, > so that > > the latter can import the contact details from mozilla > tb. > > > > Any ideas ? Will it work ? Am I ranting ? :-) > > > > Thank you all, > > that has nothing to do with dovecot which is an imap / pop3 > server > export adresses from outlook to your prefered file format > i.e ldif, > csv , import it in thunderbird > > > the whole stuff might be wizzarided yet, as far i rembember > thunderbird > ask for import stuff from outlook at first start, whatever > for autoconfig servername ports etc with > thunderbird/outlook ( up to > 2007 ) propagate some stuff in dns anf have right xml > entries on some > webserver > > other possibility configure horde webmail as syncml server > use funambol plugins in outlook ,export sync contacts to > horde, sync them > with thunderbird later from horde, as well as with i.e > some > android/iphone/blackberry > > if using horde dev 4 you can try active sync too, > or use zarafa, funambol etc > > at last no dovecot job, as long you dont use i.e some kolab > extension > etc with using imap folder for contacts > > > > > s. > > > > > > > > > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > > music through the chaos of noise" > > - Vangelis > > > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards > > MfG Robert Schetterer > > Germany/Munich/Bavaria Chaps, FYI, after a _lot_ of running around and trying to find a solution to this, I have a pretty straightforward solution. So here it is in case someone has the same issue and would like to solve it asap : Before proceeding any further, I would like say that my subject is wrong. It should say "Trying to migrate outlook mail and contacts to thunderbird". So with this subject, I proceed :-) : If you have an outlook client and would like to migrate to thunderbird and you have a windows environment with outlook (office) 2007 : First, run thunderbird directly. Sometimes, just like that, when you start thunderbird (preferably v3.1.5 onwards), it imports _everything_ from outlook 2007 no questions asked. It shows a migration wizard with a list of possible MUAs. Most definitely outlook express is going to be there and outlook if you are lucky enough. If you are _not_ lucky enough and "outlook" is _not_ displayed on the list : click on start -> run -> msimn (that's the executable for outlook express). Outlook Express will ask you if you have a profile from outlook and would like to import. Say "yes". It doesn't matter if you make a successful import (sometimes it hangs, just like that). Close it. Preferably reboot and re-start the thunderbird MUA. Go to tools -> import and this time round the menu will also show (amongst other MUAs) the "outook" option. Choose it. Now you will have _all_ your messages imported from outlook 2007 to thunderbird ! :-) The procedure for importing outlook 2000/2002/2003 data to thunderbird is more straight-forward. All you have to do is start installing tb and everything will be done automatically. If you have any issues, let me know. I can try and help you. I just started up thunderbird version 3.1.7 on my Linux Mint v9.0 partition, entered the appropriate data for my imap account and it worked like a charm. It started downloading everything automatically. (I had the same thunderbird version on my win-32 partition with all my mail and contacts and did the initial migration there). Dovecot Rules ! :-) HTH, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] imap limits please ?
Hello, Finally managed to sync an outlook client to dovecot. Looks like it's working. Questions though ; : What are the limits? Number of Folders ? Number of mails per folder ? E.g. for a client of mine, I know that she uses about 5Gb of data at the moment (and counting). Now, this same outlook client consists of the following : 1. about thirty (30) folders ranging from 1000 messages per folder to 100 messages per folder 2. A "Sent Items" folder with about 4,000 messages (and counting) 3. A "Deleted Items" folder with about 5,500 messages (and counting) System, now, is a CentOS 5.5 32-bit on an hp/compaq dl360 (G3) with RAID1 76,3Gb Disks UW320 and four (4Gb) of RAM Output of "dovecot -n" : # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 32 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd Any answer would be greatly appreciated since I am trying to know the systems' limits. Thank you kindly all, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Have inbox at the same place
Version. I meant version ! Whats' wrong with me these days :-) s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis --- On Thu, 2/12/10, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > From: Spyros Tsiolis > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Have inbox at the same place > To: "Dovecot" > Date: Thursday, 2 December, 2010, 20:21 > Chaps, > > Totally disregard this. > It's a cersion issue. > > s. > > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > music through the chaos of noise" > - Vangelis > > > > --- On Thu, 2/12/10, Spyros Tsiolis > wrote: > > > From: Spyros Tsiolis > > Subject: [Dovecot] Have inbox at the same place > > To: "Dovecot" > > Date: Thursday, 2 December, 2010, 13:41 > > Hello again, > > > > I have an installation with dovecot and I am accessing > it > > through > > linux mint and thunderbird v3.0.10 > > > > As thunderbird "subscribes" to dovecot, it does the > > following : > > > > Inbox > > Trash > > myn...@mydomain.gr > > Local Folders > > Local Folders > > myn...@mydomain.gr > > subfolder A > > Subfolder B > > Subfolder C > > Subfolder D > > Subfolder E > > Local Folders > > Outbox > > > > OK, I have to admit a have a couple of folders more > than > > what I need. > > But this is fine. > > My problem is that *everything* is in its respective > place > > (say, > > *all* subfolders have their respective e-mail properly > laid > > in there), > > but the messages I keep on the inbox is the "Inbox" > > folder. > > > > What I would like to have is my Inbox messages under > (or > > *on*) > > myn...@mydomain.gr > > folder. > > > > Also, trash mail goes to : > > > > Trash > > myn...@mydomain.gr > > > > folder. Could this also be under the more generic myn...@mydomain.gr > > folder further down the tree ? (Hope you understand > this > > :-) > > > > The tree above is represented exactly as it looks like > on > > thunderbird > > (with the indentations and everthing). > > > > > > > > The "dovecot -n" output follows : > > > > > --- > > # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5PAE i686 CentOS release > 5.5 > > (Final) ext3 > > base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ > > log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > > info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log > > ssl: required > > ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 > > verbose_ssl: yes > > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login > > login_executable: > > /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > > login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * > > login_max_processes_count: 32 > > mail_location: > maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > > mail_plugins: zlib > > auth default: > > verbose: yes > > debug: yes > > debug_passwords: yes > > passdb: > > driver: passwd-file > > args: /etc/dovecot/passwd > > passdb: > > driver: pam > > userdb: > > driver: static > > args: uid=vmail gid=vmail > > home=/home/vmail/%u > > userdb: > > driver: passwd > > > --- > > > > Is this possible ? > > > > TIA, > > > > Spyros > > > > > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > > music through the chaos of noise" > > - Vangelis > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: [Dovecot] Have inbox at the same place
Chaps, Totally disregard this. It's a cersion issue. s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis --- On Thu, 2/12/10, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > From: Spyros Tsiolis > Subject: [Dovecot] Have inbox at the same place > To: "Dovecot" > Date: Thursday, 2 December, 2010, 13:41 > Hello again, > > I have an installation with dovecot and I am accessing it > through > linux mint and thunderbird v3.0.10 > > As thunderbird "subscribes" to dovecot, it does the > following : > > Inbox > Trash > myn...@mydomain.gr > Local Folders > Local Folders > myn...@mydomain.gr > subfolder A > Subfolder B > Subfolder C > Subfolder D > Subfolder E > Local Folders > Outbox > > OK, I have to admit a have a couple of folders more than > what I need. > But this is fine. > My problem is that *everything* is in its respective place > (say, > *all* subfolders have their respective e-mail properly laid > in there), > but the messages I keep on the inbox is the "Inbox" > folder. > > What I would like to have is my Inbox messages under (or > *on*) > myn...@mydomain.gr > folder. > > Also, trash mail goes to : > > Trash > myn...@mydomain.gr > > folder. Could this also be under the more generic myn...@mydomain.gr > folder further down the tree ? (Hope you understand this > :-) > > The tree above is represented exactly as it looks like on > thunderbird > (with the indentations and everthing). > > > > The "dovecot -n" output follows : > > --- > # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5PAE i686 CentOS release 5.5 > (Final) ext3 > base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ > log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log > ssl: required > ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 > verbose_ssl: yes > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login > login_executable: > /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * > login_max_processes_count: 32 > mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > mail_plugins: zlib > auth default: > verbose: yes > debug: yes > debug_passwords: yes > passdb: > driver: passwd-file > args: /etc/dovecot/passwd > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: static > args: uid=vmail gid=vmail > home=/home/vmail/%u > userdb: > driver: passwd > --- > > Is this possible ? > > TIA, > > Spyros > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > music through the chaos of noise" > - Vangelis > > > >
[Dovecot] Have inbox at the same place
Hello again, I have an installation with dovecot and I am accessing it through linux mint and thunderbird v3.0.10 As thunderbird "subscribes" to dovecot, it does the following : Inbox Trash myn...@mydomain.gr Local Folders Local Folders myn...@mydomain.gr subfolder A Subfolder B Subfolder C Subfolder D Subfolder E Local Folders Outbox OK, I have to admit a have a couple of folders more than what I need. But this is fine. My problem is that *everything* is in its respective place (say, *all* subfolders have their respective e-mail properly laid in there), but the messages I keep on the inbox is the "Inbox" folder. What I would like to have is my Inbox messages under (or *on*) myn...@mydomain.gr folder. Also, trash mail goes to : Trash myn...@mydomain.gr folder. Could this also be under the more generic myn...@mydomain.gr folder further down the tree ? (Hope you understand this :-) The tree above is represented exactly as it looks like on thunderbird (with the indentations and everthing). The "dovecot -n" output follows : --- # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5PAE i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl: required ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 32 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd --- Is this possible ? TIA, Spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts
Duh ! Wrong list. Apologies to all and many thanks for the people who rushed to explain. spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts
Hello, What the subject says. I am trying, that is. OK, here's the story. Users very lazy. Don't want to write down their contact details from scratch. Here's what I thought : migrate (export?) contacts from outlook to mozilla thunderbird. Then find a way to make thunderbird "talk" to dovecot, so that the latter can import the contact details from mozilla tb. Any ideas ? Will it work ? Am I ranting ? :-) Thank you all, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] Fw: dovecot startup error message - RESOLVED (?)
Hello , Went to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf, hunted down "ssl_listen =" which I had set it up to "ssl_listen = required" and commented it out. Tried "service dovecot start" and it started. The USD2,000,000 question being : what does this do (I know , I know, I cannot remember, I documented all this for v1.2.14) and will I need it in the future ? THank you people, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis --- On Fri, 12/11/10, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > From: Spyros Tsiolis > Subject: [Dovecot] dovecot startup error message > To: "Dovecot" > Date: Friday, 12 November, 2010, 20:15 > Hello kind people, > > Any help on this would be appreciated. > > Dovecot v1.2.16. Freshly installed today. Comes up with > this during > service startup (CentOS 5.5 -> "service dovecot start" > : > > --- > Restarting DovecotFatal: ssl_listen: Can't resolve address > required: Name or service not known > --- > > Here's "dovecot -n" : > > --- > # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 > (Final) ext3 > base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ > log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log > ssl_listen: required > ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 > verbose_ssl: yes > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login > login_executable: > /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * > login_max_processes_count: 32 > mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir > mail_plugins: zlib > auth default: > verbose: yes > debug: yes > debug_passwords: yes > passdb: > driver: passwd-file > args: /etc/dovecot/passwd > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: static > args: uid=vmail gid=vmail > home=/home/vmail/%u > userdb: > driver: passwd > --- > > Any help would greatly appreciated as this is a _live_ > system > and was supposed to work hours ago (whps !) :-) > > thank you kindly, > > spyros > > > > > > > > > "I merely function as a channel that filters > music through the chaos of noise" > - Vangelis > > > >
[Dovecot] dovecot startup error message
Hello kind people, Any help on this would be appreciated. Dovecot v1.2.16. Freshly installed today. Comes up with this during service startup (CentOS 5.5 -> "service dovecot start" : --- Restarting DovecotFatal: ssl_listen: Can't resolve address required: Name or service not known --- Here's "dovecot -n" : --- # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl_listen: required ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 32 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd --- Any help would greatly appreciated as this is a _live_ system and was supposed to work hours ago (whps !) :-) thank you kindly, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
[Dovecot] Backing up dovecot
Hello people, Well, what the subjects says :-) I have a dovecot/Horde installation and would like to know : a. How safe will I be backing up dovecot b. What folders/files to backup Let me see now; I am running dovecot v1.2.15 Here's a dump of "dovecot -n" : [r...@mailgate ~]# dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5PAE i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log ssl: required ssl_parameters_regenerate: 48 verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: * Dovecot ready * login_max_processes_count: 32 mail_location: maildir:/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins: zlib auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u userdb: driver: passwd Thank you all, Best regards, spyros "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] [OT] dovecot appliance
--- On Thu, 28/10/10, Johan Hendriks wrote: > Hello all. > > I am reading the mailinglist for a long time now, and there > was a thread i believe called webgui or something. > In this thread there was a company i believe german, that > was working on a dovecot appliance with a web based gui to > administrate a dovecot mail server. > > The problem is i did not save the URL of that company. > Does anyone know which company make the appliance. > > Or does anyone knows a good webbased tool for dovecot. > The reason is that in a windows environment, with only a > few FreeBSD machine's , my collega's get frustrated if they > can not use a mouse. > They even want a mouse on there smartphone's :D > > I am doing the administration of the mail server, but when > i am not there, it would be nice if they can do things them > selves. > > thanks for your time. > > regards, > Johan Hen Hi Johan, Don't know of a german company, but I can tell you that I am more than happy with Horde : http://www.horde.org/webmail http://www.horde.org/horde There's lots of configurable stuff there and you can do whatever you want with it, as long as you have LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP), you can use any SMTP/IMAP combo you like. For IMAP I use dovecot (naturally). HTH, Best regards, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, Administrators of Dovecot!
--- On Wed, 18/8/10, Noel Butler wrote: > From: Noel Butler > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, > Administrators of Dovecot! > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Wednesday, 18 August, 2010, 22:51 > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 16:43 +, > Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > > > > > eh Charles Marcus is not a developer, he has > nothing to do > > > with Dovecot > > > other than he is a participant of this list > > > > Yeah, but I will have to give Charles some credit. > > I've crossed swords with him before and, without > wanting to be > > a k*ss-*ss (Charles knows :-) I have to admit that > he's got > > pretty extensive knowledge on mail internals. > > > I'd disagree, but I used to see his posts on several > groups, so have a > broader understanding of him > > Also, please fix your client, as by these headers, > you have tried to > send to me directly as well, when my settings for this list > are reply-to > list, hard set > Hi Noel, No problem. Sorry for the inconvenience. Regards, s. "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis
Re: [Dovecot] Linux should be as easy as Windows
--- On Wed, 18/8/10, Luigi Rosa wrote: > From: Luigi Rosa > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Linux should be as easy as Windows > To: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Wednesday, 18 August, 2010, 18:32 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dennis Clarke said the following on 18/08/10 15:41: > > > "Open source and Free software > should be as easy as Windows" > > Windows is not "easy" is "common". ^^ > > In UK driving to the left is "easy" and driving to the > right is "hard". In the > continentale Europer is the opposite. > > "easy" is more a point of view than a fact. > > > > > > > > Ciao, > luigi > > - -- > / > +--[Luigi Rosa]-- > \ > > A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxr/PAACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZT3CACeIc4KBdb1bA1+kDFeccHzxSyl > ErIAoKsugpyqK4x2hMvAGIPYvEySI+Tg > =YCL8 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > YES !! THANK YOU !!! :-) I rest my case, s.
Re: [Dovecot] EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, Administrators of Dovecot!
--- On Wed, 18/8/10, Noel Butler wrote: > From: Noel Butler > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, > Administrators of Dovecot! > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Wednesday, 18 August, 2010, 1:26 > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 12:28 -0400, > Jerrale G wrote: > > > > > > *Timo Sirainen and Charles Marcus* > > > > eh Charles Marcus is not a developer, he has nothing to do > with Dovecot > other than he is a participant of this list Yeah, but I will have to give Charles some credit. I've crossed swords with him before and, without wanting to be a k*ss-*ss (Charles knows :-) I have to admit that he's got pretty extensive knowledge on mail internals. Regards to all, s.
Re: [Dovecot] Setting up webmail in DMZ
--- On Mon, 9/8/10, Phill Edwards wrote: > From: Phill Edwards > Subject: [Dovecot] Setting up webmail in DMZ > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Monday, 9 August, 2010, 7:14 > I have a Smoothwall server on my > network and am running three network > interfaces off it. > > 1) local LAN 192.168.0.0 with PCs and an internal dovecot > server on > 192.168.0.154. > 2) internet interface > 3) DMZ 192.168.2.0 which has a linux web server 192.168.2.1 > on which I > want to install a webmail so I can access my email > remotely. > > Originally 192.168.2.1 couldn't see the 192.168.0.0 network > but with > some help from the Smoothwall forums I have fixed that. The > problem > now is that 192.168.2.1 can't connect to the dovecot server > on > 192.168.0.154. When I "telnet 192.168.0.154 993" or > "telnet > 192.168.0.154 143" I get a "Connection refused" error. But > these > commands work fine from PCs on the 192.168.0.0 network. > > I'm pretty sure there's no firewall on the dovecot server > and > /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are empty. > > Is there a default setting that I need to change in Dovecot > that only > allows connections from machines on the same subnet? > Phil, Looks like a routing / firewall problem to me. Normally, once you've installed a piece of hw, be that a mail server or a web server, the following applies : . From the Local area to the DMZ : any node can access _any_ service (smtp/pop3/http/https etc.) inside the DMZ . From the outside world to the DMZ : only selected services can be accesses that are configured by the admin from the firewall interface. So if you want port 25 to be visible from the outside world, you will have to define a port-forwarding rule for the machine inside the DMZ . From the DMZ to the local area network : Most service would seems blocked (ping, telnet, ssh, DNS etc.). However, this is not true. Selected services from the DMZ to the lan are accessible. I really don't think this is a dovecot error. However I would check the following : 1. any dovecot configuration that might act as a stopping point for such issues ( I don't think it exists btw). 2. Check routes on smoothwall. There might be something weird there 3. Make sure the DMZ works as it should. 4. Check your subnetting. Normally, on a 192.168.x.x network on the LAN you need to subnet a /16 subnet for the DMZ network. At this point,my money is on routing and subnetting. HTH, s.
Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.rc2 released
--- On Sat, 10/7/10, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: [Dovecot] v2.0.rc2 released > To: dovecot-n...@dovecot.org, "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Saturday, 10 July, 2010, 1:14 > http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc2.tar.gz > http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc2.tar.gz.sig > > Largest fixes since rc1: > > - Fixed a crash with empty > mail_plugins > - Fixed sharing INBOX to other > users > - mdbox: Rebuilding storage was > broken in rc1 > - dsync was broken for remote > syncs in rc1 > - director+LMTP proxy wasn't > working correctly > - v1.x config parser failed > with some settings if pigeonhole wasn't > installed. > - virtual: If non-matching > messages weren't expunged within same > session, they never got > expunged. > > Now that the stupidest mistakes are fixed, perhaps this > release will do better :) . . . says the one that makes the rest of us feel like complete idiots ! :-) s.
[Dovecot] Fw: Re: step-to-step Installation Guide
XMail is not bad either. Strictly command-line oriented but very powerfull (if you want my opinion anyway). http://www.xmailserver.org I've been using it for almost a decade now (!) s. --- On Wed, 23/6/10, Charles Marcus wrote: > From: Charles Marcus > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] step-to-step Installation Guide > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Wednesday, 23 June, 2010, 18:34 > On 2010-06-23 11:03 AM, Eric Shubert > wrote: > > Are you running other services on your server, or will > it be dedicated > > to email? If the later, you might want to look into > > http://qmailtoaster.com/. > > Bad advice imo. QMail is dead, it just doesn't know it yet. > :) > > Seriously thought, the only person who should be using > qmail is someone > who has been using it forever and knows it inside and out - > and I would > *still* argue that they should just admit the truth and > move on. > > Do yourself a favor and don't go down that road. The best > two open > source MTA's are postfix and Exim, so you should be using > one of them > unless there is a compelling reason to use something else. > I personally > prefer postfix, but only because that's all I've ever used. > I've heard > nothing but good things about Exim, so you wouldn't be > going wrong > either way. > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles >
Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot blog
Sir, you are one busy bee ! :-) You make the rest of us look like lazy sobs :-) s. --- On Fri, 19/2/10, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: [Dovecot] Dovecot blog > To: dovecot-n...@dovecot.org, "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Friday, 19 February, 2010, 16:20 > http://blog.dovecot.org/ > > I was thinking that I could blog about: > > - ideas for new Dovecot feature designs > - when I actually manage to implement some new great > feature > - maybe some stuff about IMAP/email in general > - and maybe whenever I happen to be moving to a different > country > > I wasn't really planning on announcing new releases there. > Dovecot feature designs are also sent to Dovecot mailing > list, as before. But there have been other things I've > thought about mentioning somewhere, but Dovecot ML didn't > really seem like the right place. > > I doubt I'll update the blog very often. But that probably > makes it even more useful, since casual readers find the > useful stuff quickly. :) > >
Re: [Dovecot] Dovecote does'nt start - no log ?
Hi Jean, You must have missed something in the conf file (dovecot.conf) It has happened to me too and it was typos or things that don't match on the "dovecot.conf" file. Have a quick check. HTH, .s --- On Thu, 4/2/10, Jean-Francois wrote: > From: Jean-Francois > Subject: [Dovecot] Dovecote does'nt start - no log ? > To: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Thursday, 4 February, 2010, 22:21 > Hi All, > > Actually, I installed Dovecot on an OpenBSD server, > however, after properly > setting (assumed) the confs, Dovecot does'nt start. I don't > know the reason > but don't know how to debug. Where is the log about reason > for not starting ? > > Thank you for helping. > > Regards >
Re: [Dovecot] sha-512 ... shadow blended with database
Hi, Just my thoughts, I think what "salted SHA" means is that when you create a password, even if the password has got the same strings of alphanumerical characters and symbols, it creates a different hash every time. s. --- On Sun, 31/1/10, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] sha-512 ... shadow blended with database > To: "WJCarpenter" > Cc: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Sunday, 31 January, 2010, 4:55 > On 30.1.2010, at 22.39, WJCarpenter > wrote: > > > I have two populations of dovecot users. Some > users have Unix accounts (with logins disabled), and so > their password hashes are stored in /etc/shadow. These > days, the default configuration for that is salted > SHA-512. It's easy for me to change that scheme to > something else if I want to, but the important fact is that > I already have some users with passwords in salted > SHA-512. The other population of users is purely > virtual, and their password hashes are stored in a MySQL > database in SHA-1 format (unsalted, but moving to salted > wouldn't be a big deal). The database also has a > column identifying the hash scheme, so SHA-1 isn't some > assumption. > > By salted SHA-512 do you mean the $6$salt$sha format that > glibc uses? If so, you can use CRYPT scheme, which causes > Dovecot to use crypt() function.. Then assuming you're using > new enough glibc, it understands it. > >
[Dovecot] Dovecot SSL issues
Hello all, successfully managed to make dovecot work with horde (http://www.horde.org) and another MTA (SMTP/POP3). I have this nagging issue with dovecot though (I suspect - it's dovecot and not the rest of the packages, please read on): There is this special page one goes, that check if everything is ok with all the relevant software running along Horde. It's a php file called "test.php". Now, this file shows almost everything that happens in the box. Here's a transcript of what shows when it comes to dovecot and SSL : --- * Trying protocol imap/ssl, Port 993: ERROR - The server returned the following error message: SECURITY PROBLEM: insecure server advertised AUTH=PLAINCertificate failure for localhost: self signed certificate: /C=GR/ST=Kerkyra/L=Kerkyra/O=The Company Name/OU=IMAP server/CN=webmail.thecompanyname.gr/emailaddress=postmas...@webmail.thecompanyname.gr --- From what I understand, it doesn't like the certificate. However, I've followed a howto document step-by-step and did what is documented. Does anyone have any pointers on how to make secure imap for dovecot ? E.G. on ThunderBird, the settings are the following : Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings : Server Name : (the server or its ip address) Username : (the username) Port : (I've manually entered "993", because by default goes to "143") Security Settings -> Connection Security : SSL/TLS (again manually entered) CHECK_ON : Use secure authentication Now, if I click on "Get Mail" button on top of the TB window, I get a pop-up window with the following message : -- Server : Location : :993 Certificate Status : This site attempts to identify itself with invalid information. Wrong Site : Certificate belongs to a different site, which could indicate an identity theft. Unknown Identity : Certificate is not trusted, because it hasn't been verified by a recognized authority. -- After that, the users accepts the above by pressing ok twice. However, there's a third pop-up window with a message shown below : -- You cannot log in to because you have enabled secure authentication and this serer does not support it. To log in, turn off secure authentication for this account. -- Any help would be appreciated.. Thank you all for your patience, S. Tsiolis
Re: [Dovecot] Moving
Ditto, Especially from a Finn :-) I've worked with scandinavians (Finns, Norwegians, Swedes) in the past. Swedes and Finns in particular are interesting people, the way they think and so on. Brilliant people too.. With quite an attitude towards life, work etc. Norwegians are party animals :-) But Finns are quite straight-forward. They don't beat around the bush. They will express their opinion and that's what I like most. They will not try to beautify things. They will speak their mind. Check Linus for example :-) s. --- On Mon, 11/1/10, Stewart Dean wrote: > From: Stewart Dean > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Moving > To: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Monday, 11 January, 2010, 15:53 > Now that you're back in your native > land. . > If and only if you're interested, I'D be interested in > hearing what you thought of America: the things/customs that > you thought were just plain wrong or stupid, the > things/customs you liked, things that made you think, things > that make you feel relieved to be "back home" > I'm always curious about how others see my screwy country > and its inhabitants... > > Timo Sirainen wrote: > > On 2.1.2010, at 23.18, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > > > > >> I'm moving back to Finland tomorrow. It's probably > going to take a week or so until things settle down and I'm > again back to coding. > >> > > > > And now I'm without internet at home, hopefully my > mobile 3g connection opens in a few days.. And in any case > I'll get cable modem by Saturday. > > > > -- Once upon a time, the Internet was a friendly, > neighbors-helping-neighbors small town, and no one locked > their doors. Now it's like an apartment in Bed-Stuy: you > need three heavy duty pick-proof locks, one of those braces > that goes from the lock to the floor, and bars on the > windows Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Bard > College, New York 12504 sd...@bard.edu > voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035 >
[Dovecot] How to tell dovecot to use a specific MTA
Hello again people, OK. I checked a lot of HOWTOs and documents. One specific document describes how one can make dovecot "talk" to postfix. The procedure is pretty straightforward (taken from the document) : -- . Configuring Postfix and Dovecot Turn off sendmail: service sendmail stop chkconfig sendmail off system-switch-mail (select postfix) -- This is for CentOS systems. My question is pretty simple. How exactly does someone tell dovecot (or the CentOS system) that the MTA used is not a pre-packaged postfix MTA but (in my case as you have pretty much discovered by now) XMail compiled from source (no pre-packaged version AFAIK for CentOS; but even if existed, I would still build it on my own) ? Any help would be appreciated, Regards, spyros
[Dovecot] dovecot cannot access a specific folder
Hello list, Has someone stumbled upon this before ? -- Jan 09 11:25:01 IMAP(postmas...@webmail.domain.gr): Error: stat(/var/MailRoot/domains/webmail.domain.gr/postmaster/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=501(vmail) egid=502(vmail) missing +x perm: /var/MailRoot) -- "/var/MailRoot" is the root path/folder for XMail. An smtp/pop3 server. Should I go ahead and chmod the folder or should I try to find a more delicate solution to this ? Any help would be greatly appreciated, Regards, spyros
[Dovecot] a dovecot / smtp / pop3 scenario
Hello again people, OK, could someone verify this ? One box, running linux CentOS. One instance of Dovecot running for Imap/Imaps only Another instance of a pop3/smtp server running to serve pop3/smtp . will this work ? Thank you kindly for your time, Spyros
[Dovecot] auth, partially resolved
Hello people,
After a lot of wading through the dovecot documentation (which btw, is
excellent !, everything lies under "dovecot/doc/wiki"), I managed to
authenticate a couple of accounts.
For starters, I want dovecot to work as an imap/imaps box and nothing
else.
So , I went ahead and created a "passwd" file with two users.
One user being my name (spyros) and plaintext password and the other
user "postmaster" with encrypted password ("/etc/dovecot/passwd" shown) :
---
spy...@webmail.domain.gr:{PLAIN}plainpassword
postmas...@webmail.domain.gr:{SSHA}SSHAPassword
---
Now, if I telnet to port 143 with both users, the system comes back with
the following :
---
[r...@webmail dovecot]# telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS
AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready
. login spy...@webmail.domain.gr password
. OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT
SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN
NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT
SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH] Logged in
---
As I said, it allows login on port 143 for both users. So, the same for
"postmaster".
Now for port 993 :
---
[r...@webmail dovecot]# openssl s_client -connect webmail.domain.gr:993
[lots of SSL-related certificate information]
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE
AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready
. login spy...@webmail.domain.gr password
. OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT
SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN
NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT
SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH] Logged in
---
Again, the same for user "postmaster". I don't paste.
So, everything is fine. However, I have an issue with the (?!) issued
certificate. If I check the dovecot logs I find nothing.
If on the other hand, I do the same check on the Horde application, It comes
back with the following :
---
* Trying protocol imap/notls, Port 143:
SUCCESS - INBOX has 0 messages (0 new 0 recent)
* Trying protocol imap/ssl, Port 993:
ERROR - The server returned the following error message:
SECURITY PROBLEM: insecure server advertised AUTH=PLAIN[SERVERBUG]
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
information. [2010-01-05 13:30:12]Certificate failure for localhost:
self signed certificate:
/C=GR/ST=Kerkyra/L=Kerkyra/O=Tourist Enterprizes/OU=IMAP
server/CN=webmail.domain.gr/emailaddress=postmas...@webmail.domain.gr
* Trying protocol imap/ssl/novalidate-cert, Port 993:
SUCCESS - INBOX has 0 messages (0 new 0 recent)
* Trying protocol imap/tls/novalidate-cert, Port 143:
SUCCESS - INBOX has 0 messages (0 new 0 recent)
---
Now, I know I am not supposed to ask you chaps about this, but direct
my questions to the horde mailing list.
However, I would like an opinion before I go ahead and bug them with
this.
Certificate was created with "dovecot/doc/mkcert.sh" and the relevant
certificate file (can't recall its name at the moment).
Any help would be appreciated. On the other hand, If I went too
far with this I apologize and I'll try to find another way to
resolve this.
Thank you people,
s.
Re: [Dovecot] First time Dovecot user, really impressed so far. What is best IMAP enabled webmail package to go with Dovecot?
Hi Stan, i would suggest the (very) powerfull horde bundle of packages. not only webmail but also reminder calendar and and many more. http://www.horde.org That's what i am doing these days (trying to make dovecot work with horde that is). HTH, s. --- On Mon, 4/1/10, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > From: Stan Hoeppner > Subject: [Dovecot] First time Dovecot user, really impressed so far. What is > best IMAP enabled webmail package to go with Dovecot? > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Date: Monday, 4 January, 2010, 23:00 > Greetings everyone, > > I'm new to the list as of today. I just installed > Dovecot a couple of days ago > for the first time, Debian Lenny Dovecot v1.0.15-2.3. > So far I'm pretty > impressed. I'm using mbox format with Dovecot > auto-deciding to place mail in > user home directories, which is great. It works very > well with the Win32 > Thunderbird 3 client over a small basic 100FDX switched > net. I've got one list > mail folder with 10,600 messages and server side body > searching that folder via > T-Bird is very quick, on the order of 5 seconds. It > would probably be quicker > if Dovecot threaded the search to use both CPUs, but > pegging just the one CPU > the search is still very darn quick. And this is on a > dual P2-550 class machine > with only 384MB RAM and a single 500GB 7200RPM SATA drive. > > I'd like to install a webmail package on the same > host. I used Squirrelmail for > this purpose many years ago and I wasn't wholly impressed > with the user > interface. I'm also not impressed by the fact that I > regularly receive spam > from compromised Squirrelmail hosts/accounts. I > really like the look/feel of > the Scalix Web Access AJAX based interface, but I > can't/won't use Scalix as it's > not supported on Debian, it has more features than I need, > and the system > requirements are a bit steep. > > So, what's the best FOSS IMAP enabled web mail front end > with a modern > look/feel? I'd like to run it on lighttpd, which I'm > already using, not apache. > > Thanks in advance for any advice. My apologies if my > first post is a little OT, > but I figured there's probably no better place to ask about > the best webmail > front end for Dovecot than here. > > -- > Stan >
Re: [Dovecot] What auth ?
Hi again Timo,
Yep. Looks like you're right.
After my post yesterday I changed something and now nothing works.
Looks like I'll have to dig a little deeper on the docs.
Thank you again,
s.
--- On Sat, 2/1/10, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> From: Timo Sirainen
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] What auth ?
> To: "Spyros Tsiolis"
> Cc: "Dovecot Mailing List"
> Date: Saturday, 2 January, 2010, 22:10
> On 2.1.2010, at 13.47, Spyros Tsiolis
> wrote:
>
> > Jan 02 19:14:05 auth(default): Info:
> passwd-file(postmaster,127.0.0.1): lookup: user=postmaster
> file=/etc/dovecot/passwd
> > Jan 02 19:14:05 auth(default): Info:
> passwd-file(postmaster,127.0.0.1): unknown user
>
> "postmaster" doesn't exist in /etc/dovecot/passwd file.
>
> > Jan 02 19:15:26 imap-login: Info: Authenticate PLAIN
> failed: Unsupported authentication mechanism.: method=PLAIN,
> rip=127.0.
> ..
> > AFAIK, I disabled plain auth and enabled digest-md5.
>
> I guess you mean you set auth { mechanisms = digest-md5 }?
> Yeah, that'll cause plaintext auth attempts to fail and
> probably isn't what you wanted. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication may be
> helpful.
Re: [Dovecot] Moving
. . . and all these years I thought I wanted too much when my desire was to move to Helsinki from greece :-) Oh well ! A good trip to you Timo and welcome back to the old land :-) s. --- On Sun, 3/1/10, Timo Sirainen wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Moving > To: sd...@sdean.net > Cc: "Dovecot Mailing List" > Date: Sunday, 3 January, 2010, 5:24 > No, my visa was originally set to be > max. 1 year so I have to go back. It was pretty fun and > Rackspace is a great company, but Blacksburg is a bit too > small town and I want to go elsewhere. (Now could be a good > time to try to get me to come somewhere I've always wanted > to go. :) > > On 2.1.2010, at 17.52, Stewart Dean wrote: > > > Hope that the change in residence wasn't due to the > insanity of America or any of its residents. Your work > is a greatly appreciated wonder. If this was a world > where exceptional achievement and effort were recognized and > rewarded, the world would be at your feet along with a river > of riches and anything else you desired. Of > course... > > > > Be of good cheer. > > > > On 1/2/2010 4:18 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >> I'm moving back to Finland tomorrow. It's probably > going to take a week or so until things settle down and I'm > again back to coding. > >> > >> > > > >
