Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x - DONE

2013-03-06 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Am 26.02.13 12:08, schrieb Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator:
...

Hi folks,

after some different considerations, we decided to do just a minor
upgrade on the old/current hardware and OS version.

We did the rpm upgrade from 1.0.x to 1.2.x and for now there are no
problems. Just a few more warnings regarding Corrupted index cache file.

But no user complains. From my POV there is a significant performance
boost on my large mailboxes...

At the time we can get new hardware and maybe change some other things
in our setup we will go wit 2.x I bet.

so thanks for al the feedback! Regards . Götz

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Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

2013-03-02 Thread PhilQ
RPMs for 2.1.1 on RHEL 5 .x are available here:
http://packages.atrpms.net/dist/el5/dovecot/

It broke the ability to do NTLM authentication in our case however, while
1.0.7 worked fine.  Not sure if this is a problem with the RPMs, the new
version of Dovecot, or a problem with our setup but the research we've done
so far makes it look like an issue with the new version and 5.x.

- Phil



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Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

2013-03-01 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Am 27.02.13 16:57, schrieb Steffen Kaiser:
 On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:
 
 I don't know Redhat, but it seems to be wise to upgrade. What's the
 Known Bug List or Known Security Holes in Redhat EL 5.x?
 
 What do you mean by that? BTW it's strange to me that Redhat never
 updated the main imap server part in there lon tearm supported
 enterprice distribution ... (RH EL 6 comes with dovecot 2.0 ok ... )
 
 Are there security considerations to upgrade the base system, kernel
 remote exploits a.s.o.

I got your point. Hmm RHEL 5.9 is still well supported till Q1 2014 and
further with minor or critical updates till 2017. (O.K. no dovecot
update :D )

For now no really need for us to rush to an other major release.

 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

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Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

2013-03-01 Thread Spyros Tsiolis
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 To: dovecot@dovecot.org
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 Sent: Friday, 1 March 2013, 11:57
 Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x
 
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  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
 
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Yeah,

 I think it's the only way to get a newer version of dovecot on
redhat related OSs.

s.






 

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Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

2013-02-27 Thread Steffen Kaiser

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:


I don't know Redhat, but it seems to be wise to upgrade. What's the
Known Bug List or Known Security Holes in Redhat EL 5.x?


What do you mean by that? BTW it's strange to me that Redhat never
updated the main imap server part in there lon tearm supported
enterprice distribution ... (RH EL 6 comes with dovecot 2.0 ok ... )


Are there security considerations to upgrade the base system, kernel 
remote exploits a.s.o.


You could look into building Dovecot from source to get v2.1 or v2.2.

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Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

2013-02-26 Thread Steffen Kaiser

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On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:


we still have our solid rock dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat el 5.x up and running.

We don't need much magic or special setups.


The configuration has been split up since v1.0, but you can grep through 
the files and find the spots easily. Also, if you didn't changed much in 
v1.0 (that is how I understand your don't need much magic or special 
setups), the chances are good, that you'll not change much in v2.1 or 
v2.2.



However we'd like to think what might be the next step in upgrading our
setup. Each user one mbox mailbox. About 500 imap/pop3 accounts, 400GB data.

First of all: to what version is a good step from 1.0?


I would setup a Dovecot v2.2 server, it's RC2, but Dovecot is usually more 
stable than other software ... .


However, I would install the whole server anew, no automatic upgrade or 
whatsoever.



Dose anyone has any experiences in doing such a big step forward?


I have upgraded a v1.0 to v2.1 now. No big deal from Dovecot.


Can we get a rpm from e.g. atrpms repository?


Ah, OK, then use the most current version available :-) I build Dovecot 
from source.



Or should we think of migrating to a total updated Redhat EL 6.x /
Dovecot 2.0.x system?


I don't know Redhat, but it seems to be wise to upgrade. What's the Known 
Bug List or Known Security Holes in Redhat EL 5.x?


- -- 
Steffen Kaiser

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Re: [Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

2013-02-26 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Am 26.02.13 14:48, schrieb Steffen Kaiser:
 On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:
 
 we still have our solid rock dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat el 5.x up and running.
 
 We don't need much magic or special setups.
 
 The configuration has been split up since v1.0, but you can grep through
 the files and find the spots easily. Also, if you didn't changed much in
 v1.0 (that is how I understand your don't need much magic or special
 setups), the chances are good, that you'll not change much in v2.1 or
 v2.2.

I'd review the configfiles and especially the great update documentation
from timo. For now we look save.

As far as I remember we just adjusted the mailbox path (mail_location)
and protocols (imaps/pop3s). And we use ssl certificates.

No mysql, sieve or quota etc stuff.

 
 However we'd like to think what might be the next step in upgrading our
 setup. Each user one mbox mailbox. About 500 imap/pop3 accounts, 400GB
 data.
 
 First of all: to what version is a good step from 1.0?
 
 I would setup a Dovecot v2.2 server, it's RC2, but Dovecot is usually
 more stable than other software ... .
 
 However, I would install the whole server anew, no automatic upgrade or
 whatsoever.

That's the point :) currently I don't have the hardware and time to
install a new system. So we thought doing a minor upgrade will improve
things a bit and we can get rid of one old bug without getting to much
trouble by doing a very big step ahead.

 
 Dose anyone has any experiences in doing such a big step forward?
 
 I have upgraded a v1.0 to v2.1 now. No big deal from Dovecot.

I read something about the index and mailbox/mailstorage formats might
have changed a bit and that dovecot is converting/correcting tham on the
flight.

Did you notice something like that?

 
 Can we get a rpm from e.g. atrpms repository?
 
 Ah, OK, then use the most current version available :-) I build Dovecot
 from source.
 
 Or should we think of migrating to a total updated Redhat EL 6.x /
 Dovecot 2.0.x system?
 
 I don't know Redhat, but it seems to be wise to upgrade. What's the
 Known Bug List or Known Security Holes in Redhat EL 5.x?

What do you mean by that? BTW it's strange to me that Redhat never
updated the main imap server part in there lon tearm supported
enterprice distribution ... (RH EL 6 comes with dovecot 2.0 ok ... )

Regards . Götz


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