Re: [Dovecot] kernel problem in RedHat? -- RH specific, or what linux kernels does this affect?

Is this redhat's version of the kernel only? Or does it apply to other linux kernels and other distros? Any idea what linux kernel versions might cause this? (from main dovecot webpage news) Thu Mar 22 14:38:53 EET 2012 Red Hat/CentOS users: A recent kernel update

Re: [Dovecot] dsync is SLOW compared to rsync

Jeff Gustafson wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 19:02 +0100, Christoph Bußenius wrote: Hi, maybe try "dsync -o mail_fsync=never". That didn't seem to make much of a difference. On a 3.1GB backup it shaved off 5 seconds. dsync's time was over 6 minutes with or without the mail_fsyn

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On 23.3.2012, at 19.22, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote: > :2012-03-23T12:53:Timo Sirainen: > >> Yes, I was also thinking about that, but it's about removing the dovecot/ >> suffix from other directories as well. That might be something worth doing >> (--without-package-suffix or something?). >

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On 24.3.2012, at 3.19, Noel Butler wrote: >> Yes, I was also thinking about that, but it's about removing the dovecot/ >> suffix from other directories as well. That might be something worth doing >> (--without-package-suffix or something?). > it is very easy to have a search path for config fil

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 12:53 +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 23.3.2012, at 12.44, Heiko Schlichting wrote: > > > Timo wrote: > >> So the only way I can think of how to change this is to add another > >> option to optionally remove the dovecot/ suffix from the directory, but > >> is this really wo

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:03:01 +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 23.3.2012, at 19.43, > wrote: > >>> Have you tried stress testing it with imaptest? Run in parallel for both >>> servers: >> I did stress test it, but we have developed a "mail bot net" tool for the >> purpose. I should mention this

[Dovecot] dsync redesign

In case anyone is interested in reading (and maybe helping!) with a dsync redesign that's intended to fix all of its current problems, here are some possibly incoherent ramblings about it: http://dovecot.org/tmp/dsync-redesign.txt and even if you don't understand that, here's another document d

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On 23.3.2012, at 19.43, wrote: >> Have you tried stress testing it with imaptest? Run in parallel for both >> servers: > I did stress test it, but we have developed a "mail bot net" tool for the > purpose. I should mention this was tested using dovecot 1.2, as this is > our current production v

[Dovecot] Dovecot IMAP is broken after upgrade from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3

Hello, I just upgraded my servers from Dovecot 2.1.2 to Dovecot 2.1.3-0~auto+5 by using Debian binaries from "http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ stable-auto/dovecot-2.1 main". The config was not touched but now IMAP connections are not possible anymore (LMTP works fine). When I try to connect t

Re: [Dovecot] dsync is SLOW compared to rsync

On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 19:02 +0100, Christoph Bußenius wrote: > Hi, > > maybe try "dsync -o mail_fsync=never". That didn't seem to make much of a difference. On a 3.1GB backup it shaved off 5 seconds. dsync's time was over 6 minutes with or without the mail_fsync=never. rsync copied the sa

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.3 Proxy creates mailbox on proxy

Ooops, didn't email the list... it working now thanks to Timo, solution below On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >> On 23.3.2012, at 22.01, Ed Nitido wrote: >> >> > pass_attrs = >> uid=user,userPassword=password,=proxy,=master=doveadmin,=pass=xx >> >> I guess it doesn't l

Re: [Dovecot] Advice for new dovecot / imap proxy? setup

On 23.3.2012, at 20.24, Gedalya wrote: > On 03/23/2012 02:12 PM, Luca Lesinigo wrote: >> Il giorno 23/mar/2012, alle ore 11:50, Timo Sirainen ha scritto: >>> Are you thinking about actual "dummy" proxying (which is normally what >>> Dovecot proxying is about) or about the "imapc" backend >>> (ht

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.3 Proxy creates mailbox on proxy

On 23.3.2012, at 21.44, Ed Nitido wrote: > I've compared doveconf -n from both Dovecot 2.0.17 and 2.1.3 and they are > the same > > Everything works when I go back to 2.0.17, but doesn't when I use 2.1.3 Set auth_debug=yes. What does it log with v2.1.3? Also what's in your dovecot-ldap.conf.ext

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.3 Proxy creates mailbox on proxy

I've compared doveconf -n from both Dovecot 2.0.17 and 2.1.3 and they are the same Everything works when I go back to 2.0.17, but doesn't when I use 2.1.3

Re: [Dovecot] Advice for new dovecot / imap proxy? setup

On 03/23/2012 02:12 PM, Luca Lesinigo wrote: Il giorno 23/mar/2012, alle ore 11:50, Timo Sirainen ha scritto: Are you thinking about actual "dummy" proxying (which is normally what Dovecot proxying is about) or about the "imapc" backend (http://www.dovecot.fi/products/105-dovecot-imap-adaptor.

Re: [Dovecot] Advice for new dovecot / imap proxy? setup

Il giorno 23/mar/2012, alle ore 11:50, Timo Sirainen ha scritto: > Are you thinking about actual "dummy" proxying (which is normally what > Dovecot proxying is about) or about the "imapc" backend > (http://www.dovecot.fi/products/105-dovecot-imap-adaptor.html)? If you're > using Dovecot as backe

Re: [Dovecot] dsync is SLOW compared to rsync

Hi, maybe try "dsync -o mail_fsync=never". Cheers, Christoph -- Christoph Bußenius Rechnerbetriebsgruppe der Fakultäten Informatik und Mathematik Technische Universität München +49 89-289-18519 <> Raum 00.05.055 <> Boltzmannstr. 3 <> Garching

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:06:25 +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 23.3.2012, at 15.39, > wrote: > >> I was able to get dovecot working across a gluster cluster a few weeks >> ago >> and it worked just fine. I would recommend using the native gluster >> mount >> option (need to install gluster soft

[Dovecot] recovery of mdbox folders (was: Re: distributed mdbox)

On 3/23/12 1:11 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 3/23/2012 7:13 AM, Jim Lawson wrote: > > >> I'd like to move to mdbox, but it would mean the recovery scripts will >> need to understand which files are associated with which folders, as >> well as restoring the associated index files. That's a to-do.

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

:2012-03-23T12:53:Timo Sirainen: > Yes, I was also thinking about that, but it's about removing the dovecot/ > suffix from other directories as well. That might be something worth doing > (--without-package-suffix or something?). I would suggest to have a --layout=gnu|opt That would either do

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On 23.3.2012, at 19.11, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I assume you do still have some minor locking/performance issues with > the INBOX, even with Director, when LDA and the user MUA are both > hitting the INBOX index and mbox files. You'll still see this with > mdbox, but probably to a lesser degree if

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On 3/23/2012 7:13 AM, Jim Lawson wrote: > On 3/23/12 3:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >>> Speaking as an admin who has run Dovecot on top of GFS both with and >>> without the director, I would never go back to a cluster without the >>> director. The cluster performs *so* much better when glocks ca

[Dovecot] doveadm user -f index

I've configured my mail_location to have a different location for performance reasons so they aren't in the same location as the mail_location. The 'doveadm user -f home' is useful to find where a user's home directory is for various scripting purposes, but I can't seem to find a way to determine

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot 2.1.3 dsync Unexpected finish reply

Micah Anderson writes: > dsync-local(u...@example.com): Error: Unexpected finish reply: by > ims-d13.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q2LEhqXZ017169; > dsync-local(u...@example.com): Error: Unexpected reply from server:Wed, > 21 Mar 2012 10:43:52 -0400 > dsync-local(u...@exa

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On 23.3.2012, at 15.39, wrote: > I was able to get dovecot working across a gluster cluster a few weeks ago > and it worked just fine. I would recommend using the native gluster mount > option (need to install gluster software on clients), and using distributed > replicated as your replication

Re: [Dovecot] delivering with maildrop

On 3/23/2012 6:41 AM, Radim Kolar wrote: > Can somebody provide maildrop syntax for using deliver-lda as final > delivery program during sorting mail in user mailfilter? > > i mean replacement for "to" statement > > if ( /^(To|Cc):.*dovecot@dovecot.org/:h ) > { > to $MAIL/.dovecot/ > } Dovecot

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On 23/03/2012 12:53, Timo Sirainen wrote: On 23.3.2012, at 12.44, Heiko Schlichting wrote: Timo wrote: So the only way I can think of how to change this is to add another option to optionally remove the dovecot/ suffix from the directory, but is this really worth the trouble? I would appreci

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:56:12 -0600, James Devine wrote: > Anyone know how to setup dovecot with mdbox so that it can be used through > shared storage from multiple hosts? I've setup a gluster volume and am > sharing it between 2 test clients. I'm using postfix/dovecot LDA for > delivery and I'm

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-auth restaring and caching

El 22/03/12 19:57, Timo Sirainen escribió: On 22.3.2012, at 11.55, Angel L. Mateo wrote: The problem I'm having is that if I have no activity in the server, dovecot stops its auth process and when another message is received, it restarted it, but with an empty cache. service auth {

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On 3/23/12 3:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Speaking as an admin who has run Dovecot on top of GFS both with and >> without the director, I would never go back to a cluster without the >> director. The cluster performs *so* much better when glocks can be >> cached on a single node, and this can't

[Dovecot] delivering with maildrop

Can somebody provide maildrop syntax for using deliver-lda as final delivery program during sorting mail in user mailfilter? i mean replacement for "to" statement if ( /^(To|Cc):.*dovecot@dovecot.org/:h ) { to $MAIL/.dovecot/ }

Re: [Dovecot] Problems with upgrade 2.0.16 -> 2.1.3

On 23.3.2012, at 12.58, Joseph Tam wrote: > I ran into two issues trying to upgrade our dovecot installation (Solaris 10). > > 1) Does not compile with OpenSSL 0.9.7 > > Not a big deal, as I was able to successfully against OpenSSL 0.9.8, > but does dovecot require OpenSSL >= 0.9.8 n

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On Mar 23, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >>> :2012-03-22T11:55:Noel Butler: >>> perhaps it should be renamed then, given it violates the known normal for SYSCONF dir, you've just created another form of --datadir >>> >>> Not really. The way I see it works as expected. >> >>

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, dovecot-requ...@dovecot.org wrote: See http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2009-January/036131.html Yes, I was also thinking about that, but it's about removing the dovecot/ suffix from other directories as well. That might be something worth doing (--without-package-suffix o

[Dovecot] Problems with upgrade 2.0.16 -> 2.1.3

I ran into two issues trying to upgrade our dovecot installation (Solaris 10). 1) Does not compile with OpenSSL 0.9.7 Not a big deal, as I was able to successfully against OpenSSL 0.9.8, but does dovecot require OpenSSL >= 0.9.8 now? libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG

Re: [Dovecot] quota ldap

thanks Nick so if i understand correctly i can mix the 2 quota_rule ? the one who came from ldap user_attrs (quota_rule=*:bytes=%$) and the other which from quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+3%% in your case you add 3% quota more for Trash ? Am i write ? regards > On 23/3/2012 12:20 μμ, Alain DE

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On 23.3.2012, at 12.44, Heiko Schlichting wrote: > Timo wrote: >> So the only way I can think of how to change this is to add another >> option to optionally remove the dovecot/ suffix from the directory, but >> is this really worth the trouble? > > I would appreciate such option too. For large d

Re: [Dovecot] Advice for new dovecot / imap proxy? setup

On 21.3.2012, at 16.43, Luca Lesinigo wrote: > The issue I'm investigating right now is how to manage a single IMAP / POP / > SMTP / webmail "entry point" for multiple mail servers... in other words an > IMAP proxy. Are you thinking about actual "dummy" proxying (which is normally what Dovecot

Re: [Dovecot] quota ldap

On 23/3/2012 12:20 μμ, Alain DEFRANCE wrote: how can i add "Trash:storage= " to have more place for deleting messages like in See, for example, my setup: http://old.nabble.com/ldap-userdb-warning-in-v2.1.1-td33544211.html I use a single conf file (because it's small and it's more intuitiv

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

Timo wrote: > So the only way I can think of how to change this is to add another > option to optionally remove the dovecot/ suffix from the directory, but > is this really worth the trouble? I would appreciate such option too. For large dedicated installations other schemes than /etc/dovecot are

Re: [Dovecot] Advice for new dovecot / imap proxy? setup

El Miércoles, 21 de Marzo de 2012 15:43:14 Luca Lesinigo escribió: > Hello list. Hello, > > I'm planning a new mail servers for our company's customers to replace the > oldish Courier-IMAP based one, we already started to deploy some mail > accounts on a dovecot-2.0 server as an early test. > I

[Dovecot] quota ldap

hello all, i'm using quota + ldap with dovecot 2 in dovecot-ldap.conf.ext file i have the line : user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid,quota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$B how can i add "Trash:storage= " to have more place for deleting messages like in 90-quota.conf file ? quo

Re: [Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

On 22.3.2012, at 10.30, Noel Butler wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 07:28 +0100, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote: > >> :2012-03-22T11:55:Noel Butler: >> >>> perhaps it should be renamed then, given it violates the known normal >>> for SYSCONF dir, you've just created another form of --datadir >> >

[Dovecot] Dovecot v2.1.3 (f30437ed63dc) Auth/Login Issues

Hi, some change between ff5c341f8838 and f30437ed63dc seems to have broken auth: => Bad Login Mar 23 09:01:46 spectre dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.1.3 (f30437ed63dc) starting up [...] Mar 23 10:25:44 spectre dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=7266) Mar 23 10:25:45 spectre dovecot:

Re: [Dovecot] distributed mdbox

On 3/22/2012 11:17 AM, Jim Lawson wrote: > On 03/22/2012 12:11 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> On 3/21/2012 12:04 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >>> The problem is most likely the same as with NFS: Server A caches data -> >>> server B modifies data -> server A modifies data using stale cached state >>> ->