dovecot-lda "-f" argment optional?

I use dovecot-lda to deliver incoming email from Exim to Dovecot. After having some problems with email bounces with empty envelope sender not being delivered because of an empty -f argument, I discovered that Exim can pass email to Dovecot using dovecot-lda without using the -f argument at

Is FTS needed for Subject/Recipient/Sender server-side searches?

I've had a number of Dovecot installs happily running for quite a few years now, but I've just stumbled over a new issue. I am trying to get some iPhones to do server-side email searches through ActiveSync/Exchange protocol -> Horde -> Dovecot. The bit I can't figure out is if I need to

Re: Recommended tool for migrating IMAP servers

On 04/12/17 23:15, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 12:53:15 -0800 (PST) Joseph Tam wrote: "Davide Marchi" writes: UW-IMAP's mailutil, imapsync, YippieMove and Larch. Whatever you use, *don't* use UW-IMAP's mailutil unless you got lots of time to

Re: Dovecot - Postfix Calender Synchronisation

On 23/08/17 09:11, m...@caloro.ch wrote: Hello Together Please witch add-on possibilities exist to synchronize the Calednar with Dovecot and Postfix. Can give me here any a possible direction ? A shout here for Horde. I have installed and configured over the years several instances

Re: pop 110/995, imap 143/993 ?

On 22/08/17 01:56, Peter wrote: Lest anyone think STARTTLS MITM doesn't happen, https://threatpost.com/eff-calls-out-isps-modifying-starttls-encryption-commands/109325/3/ Right, the attack does happen, but it can be prevented by properly configuring the server and client. Not only for

Re: pop 110/995, imap 143/993 ?

On 21/08/17 22:18, Joseph Tam wrote: Lest anyone think STARTTLS MITM doesn't happen, https://threatpost.com/eff-calls-out-isps-modifying-starttls-encryption-commands/109325/3/ Not only for security, I prefer port 993/995 as it's just plain simpler to initiate SSL from the get-go rather

Re: pop 110/995, imap 143/993 ?

On 21/08/17 16:25, Robert Wolf wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Sebastian Arcus wrote: On 21/08/17 13:39, Robert Wolf wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Sebastian Arcus wrote: On 21/08/17 10:37, Gedalya wrote: On 08/21/2017 07:28 AM, voy...@sbt.net.au wrote: is there a 'preferred way'? should I

Re: pop 110/995, imap 143/993 ?

On 21/08/17 13:39, Robert Wolf wrote: On Mon, 21 Aug 2017, Sebastian Arcus wrote: On 21/08/17 10:37, Gedalya wrote: On 08/21/2017 07:28 AM, voy...@sbt.net.au wrote: is there a 'preferred way'? should I tell users to use 143 over 993 ? or 993 over 143? or? There is no concrete answer

Re: pop 110/995, imap 143/993 ?

On 21/08/17 10:37, Gedalya wrote: On 08/21/2017 07:28 AM, voy...@sbt.net.au wrote: is there a 'preferred way'? should I tell users to use 143 over 993 ? or 993 over 143? or? There is no concrete answer. There are various opinions and feelings about this. The opinion againt 993/995 is that

Re: pop 110/995, imap 143/993 ?

On 21/08/17 00:28, voy...@sbt.net.au wrote: just setting a new Dovecot server to migrate from older system, but, I have a general question: 1. I've set the server with self issued cert, and both pop/imap StartTLS/110/143 SSL/993/995 (apologies if I'm using wrong naming terminology) is there a

Re: [Dovecot] Wait for interface to become available instead of dying?

On 11/06/13 00:21, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 10.06.2013 21:04, schrieb Sebastian Arcus: On 10/06/13 13:14, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 10.06.2013 11:45, schrieb Sebastian Arcus: At the moment, if one of the interfaces specified with listen= in dovecot.conf is not up when Dovecot is started

Re: [Dovecot] Wait for interface to become available instead of dying?

On 11/06/13 08:18, Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 11.06.2013 09:00, schrieb Sebastian Arcus: At the moment, if one of the interfaces specified with listen= in dovecot.conf is not up when Dovecot is started, then Dovecot just refuses to start. Is there an option to make Dovecot start anyway

[Dovecot] Wait for interface to become available instead of dying?

At the moment, if one of the interfaces specified with listen= in dovecot.conf is not up when Dovecot is started, then Dovecot just refuses to start. Is there an option to make Dovecot start anyway, and just use the interface when it becomes available? It is inconvenient to have Dovecot refuse

Re: [Dovecot] Wait for interface to become available instead of dying?

On 10/06/13 13:14, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 10.06.2013 11:45, schrieb Sebastian Arcus: At the moment, if one of the interfaces specified with listen= in dovecot.conf is not up when Dovecot is started, then Dovecot just refuses to start. Is there an option to make Dovecot start anyway

Re: [Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA

On 20/05/13 23:40, Gedalya wrote: On 05/20/2013 05:13 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: On 20/05/13 17:12, Gedalya wrote: On 05/20/2013 12:02 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: Exim doesn't seem to have any variable expansion for the From field If using the From header actually makes sense to you

Re: [Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA

On 21/05/13 01:38, Gedalya wrote: On 05/20/2013 07:37 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: That's an interesting one. I've been running several sites for a few years now with exim in smart relay - without connection_max_messages = 1 - and had no problems so far. Maybe it's because only few lan clients

[Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA

I am trying to configure my Dovecot installation to provide Vacation/Out-of-the-office emails using the Sieve plugin. My setup is a little bit peculiar: Internet Internet | ^ V |

Re: [Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA

On 20/05/13 16:12, Sebastian Arcus wrote: I am trying to configure my Dovecot installation to provide Vacation/Out-of-the-office emails using the Sieve plugin. My setup is a little bit peculiar: Internet Internet

Re: [Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA

On 20/05/13 17:12, Gedalya wrote: On 05/20/2013 12:02 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: Exim doesn't seem to have any variable expansion for the From field If using the From header actually makes sense to you... then see $h_header name at http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch

Re: [Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA

On 20/05/13 23:40, Gedalya wrote: On 05/20/2013 05:13 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: On 20/05/13 17:12, Gedalya wrote: On 05/20/2013 12:02 PM, Sebastian Arcus wrote: Exim doesn't seem to have any variable expansion for the From field If using the From header actually makes sense to you