Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Thomas Leuxner
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 10:02:06AM +0100, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: > How exactly would I place an ACL ? > Should I check the dovecot docs for this ? Following ACL should do the trick when placed in the folder: --- [Maildir/.folder/dovecot-acl] --- owner lrwspi This will allow adding new messages t

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Spyros Tsiolis
--- 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 c

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Spyros Tsiolis
--- 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,

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Maarten Bezemer
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 h

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Thomas Leuxner
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 fol

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Spyros Tsiolis
--- 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: > > > ma

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Thomas Leuxner
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 signature.

[Dovecot] dovecot user lost entire folder

2011-05-09 Thread Spyros Tsiolis
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 grea

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-05-03 Thread Pascal Volk
On 03/26/2010 11:47 PM Timo Sirainen wrote: > Well, I made this a poll. Please vote. :) http://blog.dovecot.org/ The result: * dovein###[23] (31.94%) * doveless ###[15] (20.83%) * dovenull ###[34]### (47.22%) Regards, Pascal -- The tr

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-27 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 27, 2010, at 3:59 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: On 27.3.2010, at 12.32, Patrick Wallura wrote: What about dovedevil and doveangel. Sorry just kidding Even if not, the problem with those is that the name is longer than 8 characters, which makes them not show up in all ps outputs. doveu

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-27 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 27.3.2010, at 12.32, Patrick Wallura wrote: > What about dovedevil and doveangel. Sorry just kidding Even if not, the problem with those is that the name is longer than 8 characters, which makes them not show up in all ps outputs.

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-27 Thread Patrick Wallura
Am 25.03.2010 19:30, schrieb Timo Sirainen: I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed default_login_user. I'm still not completely sure what it is though. Two more ideas: "dovenest" (by Pascal Volk) - although reminds me a bit too much of lovenest :) What about dovedev

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/27/2010 2:18 AM: > On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 02:10 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> Maybe the native english speakers (and I'd think only a subset of them >>> too). I had never heard of dovetail. >> >> I'm guessing that's because you're not a woodworker, or know any. ;) It

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-27 Thread Noel Butler
On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 00:01 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Noel Butler put forth on 3/26/2010 8:12 PM: > > > Nice Marco... > > OK, Timo, we must have a winner here with " dovenull", surely :P > > I fear anything with "null" in it will be confusing to people > not-in-the-know. The average OP may

[Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Sorry, meant this to go to the list. Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/27/2010 12:08 AM: > On 27.3.2010, at 6.49, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >>> Tail just doesn't make much sense to me. Also it's not completely free >>> of pornographic associations either. :) >> >> No, no, totally free of pornographic co

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 27.3.2010, at 7.01, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Noel Butler put forth on 3/26/2010 8:12 PM: > >> Nice Marco... >> OK, Timo, we must have a winner here with " dovenull", surely :P > > I fear anything with "null" in it will be confusing to people > not-in-the-know. The average OP may see that proc

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 27.3.2010, at 6.49, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Tail just doesn't make much sense to me. Also it's not completely free >> of pornographic associations either. :) > > No, no, totally free of pornographic connotation. Dovetail is a type of > woodworking joint. That's what the vast majority of peop

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Noel Butler put forth on 3/26/2010 8:12 PM: > Nice Marco... > OK, Timo, we must have a winner here with " dovenull", surely :P I fear anything with "null" in it will be confusing to people not-in-the-know. The average OP may see that process name and think it's a dovecot trashcan for various un

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/26/2010 5:47 PM: > Well, I made this a poll. Please vote. :) http://blog.dovecot.org/ > > I only added those options that I thought people might have a chance of > understanding what it could possibly mean. Add "dovel" and restart the vote. Short, sweet, to the point

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/26/2010 7:36 AM: > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 20:01 +1000, Noel Butler wrote: > "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? "dovenest" isn't totally horrible (close), but "dovehole" i

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Noel Butler
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 15:32 +0100, Marco Nenciarini wrote: > Timo Sirainen ha scritto: > > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 20:01 +1000, Noel Butler wrote: > > "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? > That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? > > "dovenest" i

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Timo Sirainen
Well, I made this a poll. Please vote. :) http://blog.dovecot.org/ I only added those options that I thought people might have a chance of understanding what it could possibly mean. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Pascal Volk
On 03/26/2010 05:48 AM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/25/2010 1:30 PM: >> … >> "dovenest" (by Pascal Volk) - although reminds me a bit too much of >> lovenest :) >> … > > That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? > > "dovenest" isn't totally horrible (close),

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-03-26 8:36 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > So my last idea: doveless. "It's less of a dovecot process." To me it > seems closer to perfect as anything I've seen so far. I liked doveauth, but understand why it might be confusing... Here are some other suggestion... doveuser dovein doveme do

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:18:23 +0100 (CET), Steffen Kaiser articulated: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Marco Nenciarini wrote: > >> "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? > > That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? > > > > "dovenest" isn't totally horrible (

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Thomas Leuxner
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:17:26AM -0400, Tony Rutherford wrote: > Well...I'll throw my silly hat into the ring: > "doveman" Haha. That sounds like "Duffman" Regards Thomas

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Steffen Kaiser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Marco Nenciarini wrote: "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? "dovenest" isn't totally horrible (close), but "dovehole" is ... just not right at all. d

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Tony Rutherford
On 3/26/2010 10:32 AM, Marco Nenciarini wrote: Timo Sirainen ha scritto: On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 20:01 +1000, Noel Butler wrote: "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? "dovenest" isn't totally horri

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Marco Nenciarini
Timo Sirainen ha scritto: > On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 20:01 +1000, Noel Butler wrote: > "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? "dovenest" isn't totally horrible (close), but "dovehole" is ... just not >>>

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 20:01 +1000, Noel Butler wrote: > > >> "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? > > > > > > That is downright pornographic. "dovehole" - "lovehole"? > > > > > > "dovenest" isn't totally horrible (close), but "dovehole" is ... > > > just not > > > right at all.

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-26 Thread Noel Butler
On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 21:50 -0700, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/25/2010 1:30 PM: > >> I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed > >> default_login_user. I'm still not completely sure what i

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-25 Thread Terry Barnum
On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht > wrote: On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/25/2010 1:30 PM: I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed default_login_user. I'm still not completely sure what it is though.

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-25 Thread Terry Barnum
-Terry Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht > wrote: On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/25/2010 1:30 PM: I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed default_login_user. I'm still not complet

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-25 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/25/2010 1:30 PM: I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed default_login_user. I'm still not completely sure what it is though. Two more ideas: "dovenest" (by Pascal Volk) - although remi

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-25 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Timo Sirainen put forth on 3/25/2010 1:30 PM: > I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed > default_login_user. I'm still not completely sure what it is though. Two > more ideas: > > "dovenest" (by Pascal Volk) - although reminds me a bit too much of > lovenest :) > > "dov

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-25 Thread Edgar Fuß
doveegg? dove_egg?

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-03-25 Thread Timo Sirainen
I think the next v2.0 release (rc1?) will include the new changed default_login_user. I'm still not completely sure what it is though. Two more ideas: "dovenest" (by Pascal Volk) - although reminds me a bit too much of lovenest :) "dovehole" - you go inside dovecot via a hole, right? On Sat, 201

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting David Halik : Well, I don't know how you feel about it, but you could always go with something similar to what courier does and call it "doveauth" while keeping the real "dovecot" user for the reset of the processes. +1 -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 10:33 -0500, David Halik wrote: > Well, I don't know how you feel about it, but you could always go with > something similar to what courier does and call it "doveauth" while > keeping the real "dovecot" user for the reset of the processes. > > It's eight characters, remind

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread David Halik
Well, I don't know how you feel about it, but you could always go with something similar to what courier does and call it "doveauth" while keeping the real "dovecot" user for the reset of the processes. It's eight characters, reminds you of the login process, and very easy to understand for

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 23.01.10 14:21, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Sure they're already configurable in dovecot.conf, but there needs > to be defaults. So far, I have been content with the default user and have thus failed to notice the "login_user" setting. My bad. -Ralph

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Sat, 2010-01-23 at 14:19 +0100, Ralph Seichter wrote: > You could use "dovecotl" (lower-case "l" as the eighth character) which > as a nice Aztec ring. ;-) Seriously, I'd suggest you make both users > configurable, either by providing a compile time option for "configure" > or by adding runtime

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 23.01.10 13:51, Timo Sirainen wrote: > 1. Completely untrusted user for login processes. > 2. Slightly more trusted internal Dovecot user. > > So "dovecot" could be reused for 2. And it would no longer be a mortal > sin to use dovecot user for owning mail files. For 1. there would be a > new us

[Dovecot] dovecot user

2010-01-23 Thread Timo Sirainen
Any thoughts on this: The primary use for "dovecot" user has been for login processes. But people keep misunderstanding this and try to use dovecot for accessing mails. For years I've been wondering about renaming this user to something else like dovelogin, but it never really seemed practical. S

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot User Script?

2008-02-21 Thread David White
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evaggelos Balaskas Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:30 PM To: Dovecot Mailing List Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot User Script? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 just go with the wiki

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot User Script?

2008-02-21 Thread Evaggelos Balaskas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 just go with the wiki documentation and everything would be more than perfect. you should search at Howtoforge for dovecot and google, some of us have written notes for dovecot setup. But the wiki docs are always the best source of knowledge around do

[Dovecot] Dovecot User Script?

2008-02-21 Thread David White
I am new to Dovecot. I have been using Postfix as a mail relay to our Exchange box and have been happy with the setup. The Linux box also runs Apache and VSFTPD for our WWW and FTP services. However, we are now starting up a new smaller domain. I am grabbed a spare box and have setup Fedora 7 o