Re: [Dovecot] dotlock error

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
Put index/control files elsewhere. See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Public#Read-only_Maildirs On 5.12.2012, at 9.21, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Thanks, i also notice that it is keep changing. but how could i manage > that. because read only users are also unable to read emails. i

Re: [Dovecot] dotlock error

2012-12-04 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks, i also notice that it is keep changing. but how could i manage that. because read only users are also unable to read emails. i just keep working on it for many days but no luck. and my need is very simple. a public folder with 1 owner and everyone read only access. i don't know why it is n

Re: [Dovecot] dotlock error

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
Like it says, it's missing write permissions to /public/.News directory. Dovecot keeps recreating the dovecot-uidlist file so it's not enough to change only its permissions. On 5.12.2012, at 7.31, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Please help. my error log is flooded with thousands of entries like

Re: [Dovecot] Quotas 2.1clarification

2012-12-04 Thread Nick Edwards
Thanks On 11/23/12, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 15.11.2012, at 6.55, Nick Edwards wrote: > >> Timo, >> >> I have much suspicion that our quota system is not working correctly >> since we migrate to 2.1 >> Currently using 2.1.10 >> Previously we had for issue of warnings >> >> quota_warning = stora

Re: [Dovecot] dotlock error

2012-12-04 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Please help. my error log is flooded with thousands of entries like this Dec 4 19:48:15 mailsrv dovecot: IMAP(testmail): file_dotlock_create(/public/.News/dovecot-uidlist) failed: Permission denied (euid=1002(testmail) egid=1002(testmail) missing +w perm: /public/.News) util i restart the service

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Rolf E. Sonneveld
Op 04-12-12 15:15, Marc Perkel schreef: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? You may want to check out Zimbra (www.zimbra.com). /rolf

Re: [Dovecot] "no longer mounted" warnings

2012-12-04 Thread Bradley Giesbrecht
On Dec 4, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Daniel Parthey wrote: > e-frog wrote: >> On 04.12.2012 19:27, wrote Dave Abrahams: >> See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Mountpoints > > Just being curious: > > Is it possible to ignore all mountpoints with this command? > doveadm mount add '*' ignore > > Where does dovec

Re: [Dovecot] "no longer mounted" warnings

2012-12-04 Thread Daniel Parthey
e-frog wrote: > On 04.12.2012 19:27, wrote Dave Abrahams: > See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Mountpoints Just being curious: Is it possible to ignore all mountpoints with this command? doveadm mount add '*' ignore Where does dovecot store ignored mountpoints? Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* Charles Marcus : > On 2012-12-04 9:20 AM, Jakob Curdes wrote: > >Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: > >>Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS > >>Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? > >Did you have a look at zarafa? Most part of it is open source;

Re: [Dovecot] "no longer mounted" warnings

2012-12-04 Thread e-frog
On 04.12.2012 19:27, wrote Dave Abrahams: Dovecot seems to be warning about every volume it's ever seen in the past. Is this normal? Can I make it stop? --8<---cut here---start->8--- 12/4/12 12:33:38.148 PM dovecot[2658]: master: Warning: /Volumes/fs is no

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Jakob Curdes
Am 04.12.2012 19:07, schrieb Bob Miller: for outlook you need a 20 euro plugin to support caldav and outlook is a terrible imap client, thunderbird doesn't support the shared address book thing yet, Outlook is a terrible imap client until including office 2007, with 2010 things have changed a

Re: [Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
on Tue Dec 04 2012, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 4.12.2012, at 20.24, Dave Abrahams wrote: > >>> Based on the awesome explanation I just gave, I wouldn't mind if >>> someone converts something based on it to a man page patch! >> >> The lack of a working Git mirror really raises the barrier for me

Re: [Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 20.24, Dave Abrahams wrote: >> Based on the awesome explanation I just gave, I wouldn't mind if >> someone converts something based on it to a man page patch! > > The lack of a working Git mirror really raises the barrier for me to > contribute. I was just wondering if you had t

[Dovecot] "no longer mounted" warnings

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
Dovecot seems to be warning about every volume it's ever seen in the past. Is this normal? Can I make it stop? --8<---cut here---start->8--- 12/4/12 12:33:38.148 PM dovecot[2658]: master: Warning: /Volumes/fs is no longer mounted. See http://wiki2.dovecot.or

[Dovecot] indexer-worker Panic

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
I just found this in my logs. Any idea? --8<---cut here---start->8--- 12/4/12 12:33:43.831 PM dovecot[2660]: indexer-worker(dave): Panic: file mailbox-list-fs.c: line 156 (fs_list_get_path): assertion failed: (mailbox_list_is_valid_pattern(_list, name)) 12/4

Re: [Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
on Tue Dec 04 2012, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 4.12.2012, at 18.59, Dave Abrahams wrote: > >> on Tue Dec 04 2012, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> >>> On 4.12.2012, at 18.46, Dave Abrahams wrote: >>> Subject says all. Timo, would you write something up where the world will find it? Also, it

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Bob Miller
If you are into building the system, you can run an IMAP server and a caldav server. Davical gives shared calendars and shared address books, as well as a todo function that nobody every seems to use. In terms of limiations; for outlook you need a 20 euro plugin to support caldav and outlook is a

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-12-04 9:20 AM, Jakob Curdes wrote: Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Did you have a look at zarafa? Most part of it is open source; the outlook connector ist clos

Re: [Dovecot] dovecot backend on director ?

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 19.33, Thomas Hummel wrote: > Hello Timo, > > The last time I checked my understanding about director was that : > > 1. backend/"real" imap servers should not be on the same host (or the same > dovecot instance) to > avoid proxying loops. > > Is it still the case with the la

Re: [Dovecot] When are search indexes updated?

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
on Tue Dec 04 2012, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 4.12.2012, at 18.57, Dave Abrahams wrote: > >> Here's a further experience report with questions inline: >> >> 1. "doveadm index '*'" crashes in clucene (for me), so it must be trying >> to update the FTS indexes, somehow. Is that (the updating,

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 4/12/2012 4:15 μμ, Marc Perkel wrote: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Keep in mind that many solutions out there like Zarafa and Open-Xchange are not free (though they are open source). On the other ha

[Dovecot] dovecot backend on director ?

2012-12-04 Thread Thomas Hummel
Hello Timo, The last time I checked my understanding about director was that : 1. backend/"real" imap servers should not be on the same host (or the same dovecot instance) to avoid proxying loops. Is it still the case with the latest 2.1 stable release ? Is there a plan to be able to run dir

Re: [Dovecot] When are search indexes updated?

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 18.57, Dave Abrahams wrote: > Here's a further experience report with questions inline: > > 1. "doveadm index '*'" crashes in clucene (for me), so it must be trying > to update the FTS indexes, somehow. Is that (the updating, not the > crashing) intended behavior, and if so,

Re: [Dovecot] When are search indexes updated?

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
Here's a further experience report with questions inline: 1. "doveadm index '*'" crashes in clucene (for me), so it must be trying to update the FTS indexes, somehow. Is that (the updating, not the crashing) intended behavior, and if so, should it be documented? 2. "doveadm search text SO

Re: [Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 18.59, Dave Abrahams wrote: > on Tue Dec 04 2012, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >> On 4.12.2012, at 18.46, Dave Abrahams wrote: >> >>> Subject says all. Timo, would you write something up where the world >>> will find it? Also, it would be great if doveadm fts was covered in the >>>

Re: [Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
on Tue Dec 04 2012, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 4.12.2012, at 18.46, Dave Abrahams wrote: > >> Subject says all. Timo, would you write something up where the world >> will find it? Also, it would be great if doveadm fts was covered in the >> doveadm manpage. > > It runs the Lucene's optimize fun

Re: [Dovecot] Maidir layout : why and how ?

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 17.10, Thomas Hummel wrote: > I've been using dovecot from many years now using Maildir mailbox format with > default layout (Maildir++, everthing in a single directory). > > What would be the reason(s) to convert to Layout=fs ? Some people already are using fs layout for their

Re: [Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 18.46, Dave Abrahams wrote: > Subject says all. Timo, would you write something up where the world > will find it? Also, it would be great if doveadm fts was covered in the > doveadm manpage. It runs the Lucene's optimize function with fts-lucene backend. Does nothing with oth

[Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize undocumented

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Abrahams
Subject says all. Timo, would you write something up where the world will find it? Also, it would be great if doveadm fts was covered in the doveadm manpage. Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software DevelopmentTraining http://www.boostpro.com C

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Rob Sterenborg (lists)
On 12/04/2012 05:22 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: On 4.12.2012, at 16.20, Jakob Curdes wrote: Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Did you have a look at zarafa? Most part of i

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 4.12.2012, at 16.20, Jakob Curdes wrote: > Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: >> Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so >> that all the features of outlook work? > Did you have a look at zarafa? Most part of it is open source; the outlook > connect

[Dovecot] CVE-2012-5620

2012-12-04 Thread Timo Sirainen
This CVE isn't worthy of existence. A user can crash his/her own IMAP session by issuing a specific SEARCH command, which is just slightly worse than user issuing a LOGOUT command. It took years for people to notice this bug, because just about no IMAP client issues such a command.

[Dovecot] dotlock error

2012-12-04 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
i finally manage to control access on public folder by File system permission. i have 3 test users. 1. tom 2. fmaster 3 . testmail tom and fmaster are a group called "news-own" and testmail user is a readonly one. here is my folder structure ill share dovecot -n output at the end of this email.

[Dovecot] Maidir layout : why and how ?

2012-12-04 Thread Thomas Hummel
Hello Timo, I've been using dovecot from many years now using Maildir mailbox format with default layout (Maildir++, everthing in a single directory). What would be the reason(s) to convert to Layout=fs ? I can only think of one : to allow dots in mailbox names. And even in that case, I guess I s

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Jakob Curdes
Horde groupware? www.Horde.org I tried horde but for real Outlook connectivity, which is done via ActiveSync, my experience ist not so good; then and now I got contacts that kepte replicating themselves and dates that would not show up in Outlook or the Web GUI. If you use it with Thunderbir

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Simon Brereton
On Dec 4, 2012 9:20 AM, "Martin Rabl" wrote: > > Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: > >> Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS >> Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? > > Give SOGo a try ... http://www.sogo.nu Horde groupware? www.Horde.org Simon

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Christian Rohmann
Hey Marc, On 04.12.2012 15:15, Marc Perkel wrote:> Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS > Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Open-Xchange. They have a module called OLOX2 that enables you to make MS Outlook think it's connected to a Microsoft Exchange.

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 4/12/2012 4:15 μμ, Marc Perkel wrote: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Try SoGo (http://www.sogo.nu/english.html) together with your basic mail software (e.g. Postfix/Dovecot). Nick

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Jakob Curdes
Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Did you have a look at zarafa? Most part of it is open source; the outlook connector ist closed source however and requires a license fee

Re: [Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Martin Rabl
Am 04.12.2012 15:15, schrieb Marc Perkel: Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work? Give SOGo a try ... http://www.sogo.nu -- Viele Grüße, Martin Rabl

Re: [Dovecot] imap-login hanging when firewall blocks ssl handshaking

2012-12-04 Thread Ben Morrow
At 12PM + on 4/12/12 Ben Morrow wrote: > > Well, it looks to me as though xnu/bsd/kern/uipc_socket.c:soreceive will > indeed return ENOTCONN for a socket which was once successfully > connected but has now been disconnected. This happens when the socket is > in the DEFUNCT state, which is a s

[Dovecot] [OT] MS Exchange Alternative?

2012-12-04 Thread Marc Perkel
Just wondering if there's an open source Linux alternative to MS Exchange so that all the features of outlook work?

Re: [Dovecot] imap-login hanging when firewall blocks ssl handshaking

2012-12-04 Thread Ben Morrow
At 2AM -0800 on 3/12/12 you (Erik A Johnson) wrote: > At 10AM -0800 on 1/12/12 Erik A Johnson wrote: > >> Should the "#ifdef __APPLE__" remain? or would any of these tests be > >> appropriate for other platforms as well? > > > On 12/1/2012 at 11:07:36am PST, Ben Morrow wrote: > > I had a go at