Re: More on problems with new install

2019-10-22 Thread Steve Matzura via dovecot
It was the three passdb blocks you sent me. On 10/22/2019 4:43 AM, Aki Tuomi via dovecot wrote: Can you show what you ended up pasting? Aki On 22.10.2019 11.34, Steve Matzura via dovecot wrote: I pasted that block at the end of dovecot.conf, restarted, and got the following in syslog: Oct

Re: More on problems with new install

2019-10-22 Thread Steve Matzura via dovecot
in process exited, code=exited, status=89/n/a Oct 22 08:24:32 tgvprod systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. On 10/22/2019 4:00 AM, Aki Tuomi via dovecot wrote: block quote On 22.10.2019 10.33, Steve Matzura via dovecot wrote: block quote Sorry for having lost the or

More on problems with new install

2019-10-22 Thread Steve Matzura via dovecot
.140] ([108.41.57.11])     by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPSA     id MnpFiaSdxUnHgMnpFiYE6m; Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:39:25 -0700 To: r...@theglobalvoice.info From: Steve Matzura Subject: Testing again Message-ID: <61b4f0c2-89fa-c4de-8288-871a8708f...@noisynotes.com> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:39:26 -04

Problems with new installation

2019-10-21 Thread Steve Matzura via dovecot
I had Dovecot running very well on Ubuntu 14.04. Then I decided that since That version of Ubuntu was now out of support, I would build a new server on 18.04, which has been done. I thought I could take the old dovecot.conf and everything in conf.d that had been customized and drop it in plac

Re: File manager or browser for IMAP?

2019-09-24 Thread Steve Litt via dovecot
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:53:33 -0600 Roger Klorese via dovecot wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 9:19 PM Steve Litt via dovecot > wrote > > > > > They only see some of the folders. > > > > Are they subscribed? I don't know. I looked up how to subscri

Re: File manager or browser for IMAP?

2019-09-24 Thread Steve Litt via dovecot
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:39:31 -0400 Dave McGuire via dovecot wrote: > On 9/23/19 8:36 PM, Steve Litt via dovecot wrote: > > Thunderbird is an absolute pig, taking hours to load my Dovecot > > IMAP. Claws-mail is good, but I have some problems with it. Alpine > > appears not

Re: File manager or browser for IMAP?

2019-09-23 Thread Steve Litt via dovecot
wrote: > Why not use thunderbird (or any other IMAP talking client)? :-) > > > Ionel > > On 24.09.19 00:14, Steve Litt via dovecot wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I could really use a file manager or browser to browse my Dovecot > > IMAP. Ideally it would have

File manager or browser for IMAP?

2019-09-23 Thread Steve Litt via dovecot
of such a file manager or browser for IMAP? SteveT Steve Litt Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/key Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Purges now happen 5 times faster

2019-03-28 Thread Steve Litt via dovecot
Hi all, I use Claws-Mail to look inside my local (same metal) Dovecot server. All incoming mail is dumped into Dovecot folders via procmail. All of a sudden today, mass purges of "marked for delete" happen about 5 times faster. The process used to be a significant productivity destroyer, but now

Cannot make disable_plaintext_auth = no works in configuration

2018-11-11 Thread Steve Leung
unds = delay-newmail   mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } protocol pop3 {   mail_max_userip_connections = 10   pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } Please help! Thanks so much Steve

Re: Filesystem level backups?

2018-04-09 Thread Steve Atkins
> On Apr 9, 2018, at 5:34 AM, Marc Stürmer wrote: > > Am 2018-04-09 00:55, schrieb Steve Atkins: > >> Will a simple backup of all the files of an multi-dbox give me a >> consistent state when I recover, or do I need to do something (e.g. >> lock writes to the

Filesystem level backups?

2018-04-08 Thread Steve Atkins
ushing it to offsite buckets so I'd prefer to avoid backing up the entire thing locally, then copying that offsite). Cheers, Steve

Re: Recommended tool for migrating IMAP servers

2017-12-04 Thread Steve Litt
Mail, which is very fast, create two accounts: One for the old IMAP, one for the new one, and just copy trees. SteveT Steve Litt November 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust

Re: Updated my Dovecot certificate for the first time

2016-11-24 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:52:51 +0100 (CET) Steffen Kaiser wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, Steve Litt wrote: > > >On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:04:22 -0600 (CST) Greg Rivers > > wrote: > >> $ strings $(whence alpin

Re: Updated my Dovecot certificate for the first time

2016-11-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:04:22 -0600 (CST) Greg Rivers wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, Steve Litt wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Alpine still gives me a bad cert warning, saying I should either > > fix it or disable checking. I haven't yet found a way to get Alpine >

Updated my Dovecot certificate for the first time

2016-11-22 Thread Steve Litt
hould either fix it or disable checking. I haven't yet found a way to get Alpine to discriminate between a valid self-signed cert and a bad one. Anyway, all's good. SteveT Steve Litt November 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz

Re: Good email client to use with Dovecot?

2016-11-22 Thread Steve Litt
way to organize things is in a hierarchy, like a room of file cabinets, a Linux filesystem, or a computer menu. SteveT Steve Litt November 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz

Re: Good email client to use with Dovecot?

2016-11-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 08:14:02 -0500 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/17/2016 10:58 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > I have over 620K emails in over 1000 folders. This turns Thunderbird > > into an all day affair, just to refresh its caches. > > There are lots of knobs you can tweak to

Re: Good email client to use with Dovecot?

2016-11-17 Thread Steve Litt
un > roundcube, given I got hacked via an unpatched roundcube  back when I > was using a hosting company. ‎ Webmail just increases your attack > surface.  Thanks. My reason for exploring Alpine is I'm moving away from Claws, for non-technical reasons I won't burden this list wit

Re: Good email client to use with Dovecot?

2016-11-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:52:11 +0100 (CET) Steffen Kaiser wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Steve Litt wrote: > > > What email clients are all of you using to look at your IMAP > > email? > > https://de.wikipedia

Re: Good email client to use with Dovecot?

2016-11-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:11:45 +0100 Jochen Bern wrote: > On 11/17/2016 08:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > When I use an email client, its purpose is as a window into my > > Dovecot IMAP, and as a mechanism to reply to and send emails. I > > don't do filtering or cale

Good email client to use with Dovecot?

2016-11-16 Thread Steve Litt
IMAP email? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt November 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz

Re: Ubuntu packages

2016-03-06 Thread Steve Litt
ou could switch to Devuan. Or do what I do: Run Void Linux, which ships with Runit actually performing PID1 init duties as well as process supervision. SteveT Steve Litt March 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz

Re: To what extent does/will Dovecot depend on systemd? was systemd changes...

2016-02-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:14:08 +0200 Aki Tuomi wrote: > On 21.02.2016 19:10, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 10:03:15 +0100 > > Thomas Leuxner wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > >> https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/53cc71cae88ee81f

To what extent does/will Dovecot depend on systemd? was systemd changes...

2016-02-21 Thread Steve Litt
onalities have become dependent on systemd. Is this discussion simply about the unit file and PID file location for Dovecot under systemd's process manager, or is Dovecot starting to acquire systemd dependencies that will make it difficult to run without systemd in the future? Thanks, SteveT S

Dovecot IMAP permissions issue (see original)

2016-02-17 Thread Steve Cole
/ >/What purpose does vpopmail serve that dovecot alone does not? Isn't it just an ancient leftover from historic qmail times? qmail and vpopmail are still quite prominent on the Internet. I see no reason to change my setup at the moment. Possibly I could re-architect to read user info dire

Thanks again for Dovecot

2015-12-21 Thread Steve Litt
for this great tool! SteveT Steve Litt November 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Thanks for Dovecot

2015-10-13 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Thanks for making Dovecot. I just transitioned from Debian Wheezy to Void Linux. It was fairly easy to get Dovecot working on my Void box, and having Dovecot makes all of my email activities easier by doing one thing and doing it right. Thank you for such great software. SteveT

Re: backing up email / saving maildir on external hard drives

2015-08-09 Thread Steve Litt
ther parts of this thread you ask how to separate backups from different accounts from different computers. As far as accounts, I think that Maildir directory structures would take care of that. As far as different machines, just put the hostname at the front of each destination directory. SteveT Steve

Re: Help with Namespaces

2015-06-18 Thread Steve Matzura
I neglected to include this log entry, which comes immediately after Dovecot reports successful user login authentication: Jun 18 10:39:16 dovecot: imap(admin): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace 'Public/': mkdir(/var/vmail/public) failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(admin) egid=1002(v

Help with Namespaces

2015-06-18 Thread Steve Matzura
Most of my users are virtual. Do I need defined namespaces or is the default undefined one OK?

Re: LMTP with Postfix Problem

2015-06-18 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:24:32 +0200, you wrote: >I think "private/dovecot-lmtp" isn't found. Please compare your Dovecot >socket configuration and Postfix-main.cf configuration to >http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixDovecotLMTP I had it set up that way, but found extra lines in 10-master.conf.

LMTP with Postfix Problem

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Matzura
Here's a maillog entry that's one of many I receive when I try sending a test message to my system. The recipient is a virtual user in /etc/virtual. The way I'm expecting it to work is that my message from me to this Postfix virtual user will be sent back to me. Every time the message delivery is a

Sorry, wrong paste buffer

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Matzura
Please ignore last message.

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-17 Thread Steve Matzura
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:10:26 -0400, you wrote: >Please send the output of postconf -n to the mailing list. Paul: I purposefully obfuscated my FQDN and domain, but they both have real and good data in them. alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/d

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 23:45:25 +, you wrote: >Those pieces are all part of the postfix MTA (you haven't indicated >your OS, but postfix is the current default on most current linux >distributions). Fedora 20. Soon upgrading to 22. >As I indicated earlier, by default most (current) MTA installs

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 23:35:34 +, you wrote: >>From everything you've indicated, this is an MTA issue. I see that. OK, on to the other list. Thanks.

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
't a firewall rule preventing >this. Connect failed. >On 06/16/15 10:44, Steve Matzura wrote: >> The next phase of my testing procedure involves the simple act of >> delivering mail to my test box. When I send a message to either a >> valid or relayed user at my remo

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:02:29 +0200, you wrote: >Am Dienstag, den 16.06.2015, 11:44 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >> The next phase of my testing procedure involves the simple act of >> delivering mail to my test box. When I send a message to either a >> valid or relayed user a

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:31:07 +, you wrote: >By default, most MTAs only listen to localhost, so don't accept >externally derived mail. Try telnetting to port 25 on the machine >from some place off your machine's network. If you get a "hang", >it's likely a firewall issue. If you get a "connecti

Re: Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:27:58 -0500, you wrote: >No attempt to deliver almost always means either: >- a DNS problem; the sender can't find the destination, or finds the >"wrong" destination. That would be interesting, since I tried both the actual IP address and the DNS name for the test node. Nei

Mail to nowhere

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Matzura
The next phase of my testing procedure involves the simple act of delivering mail to my test box. When I send a message to either a valid or relayed user at my remote machine's address, it never gets there. I know this virtually for sure because I'm tailing /var/log/maillog and nothing new has been

Re: Problem logging in during testing

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 21:11:39 +0200, you wrote: >Am 15.06.2015 um 20:26 schrieb Felix Zielcke: >> Am Montag, den 15.06.2015, 13:33 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >>> I think I have it now! Found info about *correctly* defining >>> namespaces. I now get the following whe

Re: Problem logging in during testing

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:26:28 +0200, I wrote: >> Trying 127.0.0.1... >> Connected to 127.0.0.1. >> Escape character is '^]'. >> * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE >> IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. >> a login >> a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-

Re: Problem logging in during testing

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
I think I have it now! Found info about *correctly* defining namespaces. I now get the following when telnetting in, and it all looks valid. Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUT

Re: What became of dovecot.passwd?

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:47:03 -0400, you wrote: >Im assuming you found "doveadm" ? I did.

Re: Problem logging in during testing

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:42:47 +0200, you wrote: > > > >>> passdb { >>>driver = passwd-file >>>args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users >>> } > >have you created/generated a password to be used with the crypt scheme? > >you can use doveadm pw for this. No. I should try that

Re: Problem logging in during testing

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:22:13 +0200, you wrote: >> Now, when I telnet 127.0.0.1 143 and attempt to log in with the >> string: >> >> a login >> >> whether it's one in my users file or not, I get: >> >> a NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. >> > >Logs might give you a clue what exactly

Re: More about my SSL certificate problem

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
What is the reasoning behind that `<' anyway? It just appears so odd that a path should have that at its front. On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:20:25 +0200, you wrote: >Am Montag, den 15.06.2015, 07:38 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >> If I could remove this message from this list, I woul

Re: More about my SSL certificate problem

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
I wrote that. A missing `<' in front of the path to the main certificate file. On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:44:39 +0200, you wrote: >On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 07:38:26AM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote: >> If I could remove this message from this list, I would! I just figured >> out w

Problem logging in during testing

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
Instructions at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/BasicConfiguration say the next thing to test after getting IMAP and Telnet working is to create a dummy user file with the following command: echo "$USER:{PLAIN}password:$UID:$GID::$HOME" > users And place it in /etc/dovecot and protect it appropriately.

Re: More about my SSL certificate problem

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
If I could remove this message from this list, I would! I just figured out what my problem was, and it's something I thought *FOR SURE* I had fixed. I've looked at this thing so many times, I fell into the trap of not seeing the forest for the trees. I had inadvertently omitted the '<' before the f

More about my SSL certificate problem

2015-06-15 Thread Steve Matzura
Someone, I don't remember whether it was Alex or Urban, asked me to check on my private keyfile to see if it began with "Begin RSA private key". I reported that it does not. Now here's where things get strange: When I ran the command: $ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -sha1 -keyout myserver.ke

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
Gere's the command I used to generate the CSR. It is really one line, even though your message display program may cause it to wrap midway: openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -sha1 -keyout myserver.key -out server.csr

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:30:40 -0500, you wrote: >I think I saw mention of "notepad" previously. If this is the case there may >be some "dos" formatting that is messing things up. I didn't do it with Notepad. In fact, I did it on the Linux system in question using nano.

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:56:37 +0200, you wrote: >IMHO the easiest way to do this: >cat mydomain_cert.pem intermediate_cert.pem > new_cert_bunddle.pem OK, just tried it. The resultant catted file is identical to the one I created with a text editor.

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:56:37 +0200, you wrote: >IMHO the easiest way to do this: >cat mydomain_cert.pem intermediate_cert.pem > new_cert_bunddle.pem OK, but only one of my files is in .PEM format. I'll do this and get back to you in about 45 minutes.

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
The public cert part is good, but the private one begins with "Begin private key", not "RSA key." On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:54:23 +0200, you wrote: >Am 13.06.2015 um 22:11 schrieb Steve Matzura: >> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:57:06 +0200, you wrote: >> >>&

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
Alex, et al., I spoke too soon. Upon close examination of /var/log/maillog, the errors previously reported via the maillog extracts only happen when I attempt to test the imap connection. Everything appears correctly set up, defined, etc. It's now down to the certificates themselves I think. I hav

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
Urban: On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 11:58:57 +0200, you wrote: > >> ssl_cert = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/tbv2015.crt >This is not correct. It should be: > >ssl_cert = That one was my fault. That's what it is inside 10-ssl.conf, but because I typed the mail message manually, I forgot the `<'. It appears, h

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:57:06 +0200, you wrote: >On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 03:41:26PM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote: >> >> > > Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect >> >> > > Escape character is '^['. >> >> > > Connection closed by

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 20:41:01 +0200, you wrote: >Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 13:40 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:16:30 +0200, you wrote: >> >> > Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:00 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >> > > >> > >

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:28:53 -0500, you wrote: > >On Jun 13, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Felix Zielcke wrote: > >> Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:00 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >>> >>> All of the above specified settings are correct. Yet, when I telnet >>>

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:59:25 -0400, you wrote: >On 06/13/2015 01:41 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: >> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:36:21 -0600, you wrote: >> >>> Look at /etc/hosts ::1 is the ipv6 version of localhost. >> Right. I actually knew that. So why does that take prece

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:36:21 -0600, you wrote: >Look at /etc/hosts ::1 is the ipv6 version of localhost.  Right. I actually knew that. So why does that take precedence for the definition of localhost even though it's not the first line in the file?

Re: Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:16:30 +0200, you wrote: >Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:00 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura: >> >> All of the above specified settings are correct. Yet, when I telnet >> localhost 143, I get: >> >> Trying ::1... # this is certain

Re: Non-Existent Log File

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
te.d/syslog and other things. >On 13 Jun 2015 15:02, "Steve Matzura" wrote: > >> My /var/log/maillog was getting pretty big because of lots of testing >> and re-configuring I've been doing lately with both Dovecot and >> Postfix. I figured just remove /var/l

Non-Existent Log File

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
My /var/log/maillog was getting pretty big because of lots of testing and re-configuring I've been doing lately with both Dovecot and Postfix. I figured just remove /var/log/maillog and it would be re-created. It wasn't--not by Dovecot, not by Postfix. I had to manually create a new one, put one ch

Testin new installation

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
The first place I went to for test advice and planning recommendations was http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation - The very first test failed. Doc says: Next check that Dovecot is listening for connections: # telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character i

Re: Error when starting Dovecot

2015-06-13 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 08:12:38 +0300, you wrote: >By the way, I looked at my own file, and it doesn't give full path of lmtp. Yes, that confused me as well. I just copied it directly from the wiki which I cited. Interesting. I have removed that bit and corrected another error--an extra right-brace-

Re: 1.0.15 gone, can't start version 2

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Matzura
I still haven't gotten any make commands to work, but I did successfully rename the four directories to something else I could easily find, and the new version does attempt to start. On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:29:00 +0200, you wrote: >Am Freitag, den 12.06.2015, 09:15 -0400 schrieb Steve

Error when starting Dovecot

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Matzura
After applying some changes to 10-master.conf as detailed at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixDovecotLMTP I receive the following when trying to start: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf line 49: Expecting '{' I'm trying to enable LMTP. The instru

Re: 1.0.15 gone, can't start version 2

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Matzura
o make target `distclean'. Stop. >On 12 June 2015 at 15:13, Muzaffer Tolga Ozses wrote: > >> Have you done *make distclean* in prior? That should remove all things >> dovecot. >> >> On 12 June 2015 at 15:10, Steve Matzura wrote: >> >>> On advice/rec

Re: 1.0.15 gone, can't start version 2

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Matzura
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:13:18 +0300, you wrote: >Have you done *make distclean* in prior? That should remove all things >dovecot. No, because I didn't know about that one. I'll do that forthwith, and thanks. >On 12 June 2015 at 15:10, Steve Matzura wrote: > >> On ad

1.0.15 gone, can't start version 2

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Matzura
On advice/recommendation received on this list, I removed version 1.0.15 with: rm -rf /usr/local/dovecot However, now that I have version 2 properly installed, configured, and ready to start testing with Postfix, it appears the old version is still in /usr/local/sbin, /usr/local/include, /usr/loc

Re: LDA versus LMTP

2015-06-12 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:27:43 -0500, you wrote: > >On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:51 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:14:31 -0400, Ajai Khattri >> wrote: >> >>> Im using Dovecot for LMTP for all my mail users, since this way they are >>>

Re: LDA versus LMTP

2015-06-11 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:14:31 -0400, Ajai Khattri wrote: >Im using Dovecot for LMTP for all my mail users, since this way they are >completely virtual (i.e. dont need to have a local account at all), all >mail gets delivered to Maildirs owned by dovecot. Also LMTP makes it easier >to insert script

LDA versus LMTP

2015-06-11 Thread Steve Matzura
My system has a great big four users. The Dovecot wiki says LMTP is more efficient, and someone on IRC told me I'd need it if I were ever to use sieve, which at this time I have no intention of doing. Should I stick with LDA, or just implement LMTP so I'm ready if ever I need it in the future? The

Re: What became of dovecot.passwd?

2015-06-11 Thread Steve Matzura
passwd solved.

What became of dovecot.passwd?

2015-06-11 Thread Steve Matzura
Since I've decided to go to version 2, which is a lot more difficult to set up because I have to look in a lot more places than I did with version 1.0.15, what do I do with the old dovecot/passwd or its contents? I see no references to it in any of the stuff in conf.d or doc/dovecot/wiki. As alway

Re: Error starting 1.0.15 with SSL_DISABLE=No

2015-06-11 Thread Steve Matzura
Mark: On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:38:11 +0200, you wrote: >On 2015-06-10 12:22:45 -0400, Steve Matzura wrote: >> When starting Dovecot 1.0.15 after building it from source using the >> standard procedure, I receive the following message when starting, >> even though SLL_DISABLE=

Error starting 1.0.15 with SSL_DISABLE=No

2015-06-10 Thread Steve Matzura
When starting Dovecot 1.0.15 after building it from source using the standard procedure, I receive the following message when starting, even though SLL_DISABLE=No: Error: SSL support not compiled in but ssl_disable=no Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf How is SSL support

Order of keys

2015-06-10 Thread Steve Matzura
I hope I'm asking this on the right list, in the right place. I go through this every three years and for whatever reason keep forgetting to record how this works! In the Dovecot config, there are two places to define SSL certificates--ssl_cert_file and ssl_key_file. My question is this: Which two

Re: Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?

2015-06-04 Thread Steve
e to change subscriptions from any device... I just want independent subscriptions for my tablet/phone/desktop/VM clients - as I use email in different ways from these different environments. On 04/06/2015 15:24, Daniel Tröder wrote: Hi Steve, I don't think the IMAP protocol has the conc

Does Dovecot allow different clients to subscribe different subsets of IMAP folders?

2015-06-04 Thread Steve
I have a working Dovecot IMAP server (v. 2.2.9) where I have a single user but a lot of folders (over 800 in total, hierarchically arranged, about 50 of which are in active use.) I have multiple clients (including k9Mail on Android and Thunderbird on Linux and Windows). These clients all prese

Re: Typo in systemd commit HG 8dc79a437858

2015-05-25 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 25 May 2015 15:50:08 + Pascal Volk wrote: > On 05/25/2015 03:44 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hey guys, please tell me that Dovecot does not depend on systemd! > > > > Nope, Dovecot doesn't depend on systemd. Why should it depend on > systemd? I could as

Re: Typo in systemd commit HG 8dc79a437858

2015-05-25 Thread Steve Litt
S=-p' > #LimitCORE=8192 > LimitCORE=infinity Hey guys, please tell me that Dovecot does not depend on systemd! SteveT Steve Litt May 2015 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz

Re: Can email be shared between POP3 and shell account access?

2015-05-22 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 21 May 2015 19:21:41 -0500, you wrote: > >On May 21, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: > >> I needed to receive a message to ad...@mydomain.com. I waited and >> waited for it, but it never showed up in the admin mailbox on the >> mydomain.com machine

Can email be shared between POP3 and shell account access?

2015-05-21 Thread Steve Matzura
I needed to receive a message to ad...@mydomain.com. I waited and waited for it, but it never showed up in the admin mailbox on the mydomain.com machine. So I looked for the admin account in /etc/dovecot.passwd, and there it was, plain-text password and all! I set up a retrieval system for the admi

Trying to get mail working

2015-05-13 Thread Steve Matzura
I have charge of a very mixed system--current OS (Fedora 20--OK 21's out but I just haven't upgraded yet), current (or nearly so) Mailman (2.1.18-1), Postfix 2.10 with a configuration file sfrom something a lot older which I've run through the upgrade-configuration procedure, and old Dovecot (1.0.1

Transitioning from version 1 to version 2

2015-03-21 Thread Steve Matzura
I'm wrestling with transitioning from a 1.0.15 system to a 2.2.25 system. The old dovecot.conf cannot be dropped into position on the new system because so many config options and symbols have changed. It seems every time I change something to match the new formats, I break something else! Anyone o

Re: Request to list owner

2014-10-14 Thread Steve Litt
es, even when crossposts are involved. I use the very versatile procmail for filtering; I'm not sure the OP's MS Outlook can do that. But, of course, Outlook has much more serious issues than any of this: I'd recommend the OP use a different mail client, for the security of his computer. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Does dovecot work OK on *BSD?

2014-09-25 Thread Steve Litt
's have packages for Dovecot, or do I need to compile it myself? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

If local Dovecot stops working, check lo

2014-07-12 Thread Steve Litt
en odd stuff happens. HTH, SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Re: Mailboxes are in Maildir format. Any good backup tips? Had success with version control?

2014-07-01 Thread Steve Litt
so... A few days ago I deleted my whole INBOX and rsync'ed it back in a matter of minutes. Here's some info on my backup system: http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/200609/200609.htm If anyone's interested in backing up to Blu-Ray, here's some info I wrote: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/blu-ray-backup.htm SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

Wheezy Dovecot workarounds

2014-06-23 Thread Steve Litt
n email client) work perfectly. WORKAROUND To "solve" this problem, do the following raindance as root: ifdown lo ifup lo After the raindance, local access to Dovecot works perfectly, and all nmap commands perform as expected. LOL, hey man, don't shoot me, I'm just the mes

[Dovecot] Still no messages from dovecot

2014-04-11 Thread Steve Campbell
I'm still not seeing emails from the list. With help from others, I thought I had the IPs cleared since the change back in February, but apparently not. Can someone PM me and let me know what outgoing IP addresses the list is using please? steve campbell

Re: [Dovecot] Still no emails since Feb. 6

2014-03-06 Thread Steve Campbell
On 3/6/2014 6:03 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 05.03.2014 21:37, schrieb Eugene R: Got access denied for direct mail: : host mailserver2.cnpapers.net[216.12.119.162] said: 550 5.7.1 Access denied (in reply to MAIL FROM command) Well, this is now really off-topic for the list (local config er

[Dovecot] Still no emails since Feb. 6

2014-03-05 Thread Steve Campbell
uot;, but it sounds like email was either bounced back to the list or my server is in some type of outgoing list to prevent sending to me. I'm at a loss. Is there any way an admin can check for me, please, to see if there's a problem they might spot? Thanks, steve

[Dovecot] No email since Feb 6

2014-03-04 Thread Steve Campbell
Is the list down or have I been blocked.

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