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From: Simon Brereton <simon.brere...@buongiorno.com>
To: Jack Fredrikson <jackfredrik...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "dovecot@dovecot.org" <dovecot@dovecot.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Temporary Failures
First up, apologies for double-posting. I actually posted this last one
yesterday and the other one this afternoon.
Someone suggested I use the dovecot-new.conf file. If you've ever opened that
up, everything's commented out and it only publishes the defaults anyway!
Basically worthless if you're doing anything sophisticated, which includes
pretty much anything :)
> What version of dovecot are you currently using?
2.0.15
> Can you post this file?
> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
protocol imap {
mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
# imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail
}
protocol pop3 {
mail_plugins = quota
pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
}
protocol lda {
postmaster_address = postmas...@creative.vi
mail_plugins = quota
log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
}
auth default {
mechanisms = plain login
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
user = root
socket listen {
client {
path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode = 0660
user = postfix
group = postfix
}
}
}
dict {
}
plugin {
quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000
# acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/acls
trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf
}
protocols = imap pop3
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
ssl = yes
#ssl_disable = no
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mail.13gems.com.cert
ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mail.13gems.com.key
ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2
!include_try /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-private.conf
The problem with the warning message--and it is a *warning* message *not* an
error--is that following their instructions explicitly leads to __errors__!
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:17:
add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section
completely
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:19:
passdb pam {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=pam }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:21:
userdb passwd {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=passwd }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:23:
auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user }
I have very few clients I host and all of them except this new one I just
started hosting have used web-based email. This new client wanted spam and
virus blockers and so I tried adding them to qmail and crashed it. Since qmail
isn't supported I turned to postfix/dovecot. That was Tuesday. My client is
prepared to leave me tomorrow. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Tia,
Jack
