Off-site cloud backup (eg Amazon S3, Wasabi)

I’d like to synchronise our mail store to an Amazon S3 bucket or similar, for protection from ransomware. Server is running on macOS with maildir. Should I use a Dovecot process, rsync, a Mac app like Arq or Jungle Disk, or something else? Anyone have experience or opinions on this? Thanks,

Solr, Dovecot & macOS / iOS

I’m thinking of getting Solr working with my Dovecot server. Server is new 6-core Mac Mini, mail store of over 1/2 TB. Mailboxes with 100s of thousands of messages. But I’m not sure if: a) it will make enough of a difference and b) does Mail.app and other mail clients on Macs or iOS devices

Re: v2.3.6 Configure fail 'libssl not found' macOS

> On 1 May 2019, at 4:38 pm, James Brown via dovecot <mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> wrote: > > No problems with 2.3.5, but when I try to compile 2.3.6 with: > > ./configure --with-mysql --with-ssl=openssl > > I get: > > checking for dlopen...

v2.3.6 Configure fail 'libssl not found' macOS

No problems with 2.3.5, but when I try to compile 2.3.6 with: ./configure --with-mysql --with-ssl=openssl I get: checking for dlopen... yes checking for SSL_read in -lssl... no configure: error: Can't build with OpenSSL: libssl not found $ locate libssl

“Message cannot be displayed because of the way it is formatted” iOS

Have updated our mail server and are now running Dovecot 2.3.4. Things are mostly working OK, but occasionally I have users on latest iOS getting this message: “this message cannot be displayed because of the way it is formatted. Ask the sender to send it again using a different format or email

Re: "unknown user - trying the next userdb" Info in log

On 30 Jan 2019, at 4:35 pm, Aki Tuomi mailto:aki.tu...@open-xchange.com>> wrote: > >> >> On 30 January 2019 at 07:12 James Brown < jlbr...@bordo.com.au >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> My settings: >> ... >> >> userdb { >> >> driver = passwd >> >> } >> >> userdb { >> >>

Re: "unknown user - trying the next userdb" Info in log

On 30 Jan 2019, at 10:57 am, Stephan Bosch mailto:step...@rename-it.nl>> wrote: > > Op 30/01/2019 om 00:06 schreef James Brown via dovecot: >> >>> On 30 Jan 2019, at 9:24 am, Stephan Bosch >> <mailto:step...@rename-it.nl>> wrote: >>> >>&

Re: "unknown user - trying the next userdb" Info in log

> On 30 Jan 2019, at 9:24 am, Stephan Bosch wrote: > > > > Op 29/01/2019 om 01:51 schreef James Brown via dovecot: >> I’ve set up a new mail server. Auth-worker is giving me this error all the >> time: >> >> auth-worker(11160): Info: p

"unknown user - trying the next userdb" Info in log

I’ve set up a new mail server. Auth-worker is giving me this error all the time: auth-worker(11160): Info: passwd(sa...@bordo.com.au ,10.0.0.54,): unknown user - trying the next userdb Next line is from imap-login with successful login. Using MySQL as user

Re: Lda fatal: setgid (102 from userdb lookup) failed

> On 4 Dec 2018, at 5:48 pm, Aki Tuomi wrote: > > On 4.12.2018 3.27, James Brown via dovecot wrote: >> Sorry if this is a nubbie question, but I’m getting: >> >> lda(jlbr...@bordo.com.au)<>: Fatal: setgid(102 >> from userdb lookup) failed with euid=5

Lda fatal: setgid (102 from userdb lookup) failed

Sorry if this is a nubbie question, but I’m getting: lda(jlbr...@bordo.com.au)<>: Fatal: setgid(102 from userdb lookup) failed with euid=501(jlbrown), gid=20(staff), egid=20(staff): Operation not permitted (This binary should probably be called with process group set to 102 instead of