Re: [Dovecot] Berkely DB authentication?

2009-10-16 Thread Matthias Andree
d I'm actually hoping to get rid of all traces of BDB code in Dovecot. I just don't seem to have the skills to make it work reliably. What's the problem with that, which versions of BDB have you used, and what's the reliability issue with BDB? -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands

2009-09-22 Thread Matthias Andree
Charles Marcus schrieb: > On 9/21/2009 11:33 AM, Eric Jon Rostetter wrote: >>> Of course, eventually I'm sure dovecot will hit a wall where performance >>> improvements will be negligible, but for now, the difference between the >>> 1.0.x version and 1.2.x is so great that anyone who refuses to upg

Re: [Dovecot] Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands

2009-09-19 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 18.09.2009, 22:32 Uhr, schrieb Noel Butler : On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 15:56 +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: No\"{e}l, I don't think such findings belong here. Ubuntu 8.04 is a long-term support release (desktop three years, server five years), and it's natural that user

Re: [Dovecot] Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands

2009-09-19 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 18.09.2009, 16:57 Uhr, schrieb Charles Marcus : On 9/18/2009, Matthias Andree (matthias.and...@gmx.de) wrote: Ubuntu 8.04 is a long-term support release (desktop three years, server five years), and it's natural that users will use that. It is also natural that critical servers s

Re: [Dovecot] Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands

2009-09-18 Thread Matthias Andree
Noel Butler schrieb: > On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 06:12 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > >> On 9/18/2009, Gabriele (listarolo_dove...@musimac.it) wrote: >>> dovecot 1.0.10 >> This is really old... it is very likely that upgrading dovecot to a more >> current build - either 1.1.19, or better, 1.2.5 - will

Re: [Dovecot] Two server certificates for two common names

2009-08-27 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 27.08.2009, 10:28 Uhr, schrieb Δημήτριος Καραπιπέρης : Hi Timo what do u exactly mean "dirrefentIPs"? Requests coming to differentIPs? or Certs bound to two different server IPs? That would be run two instances, each on a different Listen Address. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] STARTTLS problem

2009-07-29 Thread Matthias Andree
Charles Marcus schrieb: > On 7/29/2009, Steffen Kaiser (skdove...@smail.inf.fh-brs.de) wrote: >> Do you have a Cisco Firewall/IDS or a software firewall running >> between your client and Dovecot? If so, try to disable it for a test. >> >> Some firewalls don't understand that after STARTTLS they ha

Re: [Dovecot] [PATCH] Fix VPATH build of RQUOTA support

2009-07-07 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 07.07.2009, 21:02 Uhr, schrieb Matthias Andree : # HG changeset patch # User Matthias Andree # Date 1246993296 -7200 # Branch HEAD # Node ID c884491cb1a61ef50e227fcf4bb77d2e449c1e3a # Parent dff7312629a72f6ee90ab470ad0d50dfa68e6f71 Fix VPATH build of RQUOTA support. This applies to

[Dovecot] [PATCH] Fix VPATH build of RQUOTA support

2009-07-07 Thread Matthias Andree
# HG changeset patch # User Matthias Andree # Date 1246993296 -7200 # Branch HEAD # Node ID c884491cb1a61ef50e227fcf4bb77d2e449c1e3a # Parent dff7312629a72f6ee90ab470ad0d50dfa68e6f71 Fix VPATH build of RQUOTA support. Some rpcgen derive #include "..." paths from the infile argument.

Re: [Dovecot] How do I get my mail from fetchmail into dovecot

2009-06-22 Thread Matthias Andree
cleaner interfaces, much better error handling and an easier-to-read syntax. => http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/ -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Maildir dirty syncs

2009-03-05 Thread Matthias Andree
t about two dovecots on two servers with Maildirs on NFS? It basically means "don't change cur/ contents behind Dovecot's back, else it won't notice". Two dovecots on two servers accessing *the same* Maildir/cur/ would be just that. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Maildir structure question

2009-02-06 Thread Matthias Andree
Nicolas KOWALSKI schrieb: > Hello, > > About the INBOX location when using maildir, in the wiki, > http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir, I can read: > > " > Directory Structure > > ~/Maildir/new, ~/Maildir/cur and ~/Maildir/tmp directories contain > the messages for INBOX. The tmp dir

Re: [Dovecot] deliver and qmail

2009-01-28 Thread Matthias Andree
plain out of date. No, it is not - it pertains to the latest official qmail release (which is over a decade old BTW). Feel free to send a patch that weaves info about netqmail 1.06 in. I'm not doing that. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] deliver and qmail

2009-01-28 Thread Matthias Andree
the qmail list (but be prepared for crusades on the list... BTST). As a pointer, check the various qmail examples on how procmail can be integrated into qmail and see if those can be adjusted for deliver. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] deliver and qmail

2009-01-28 Thread Matthias Andree
Rick Romero schrieb: > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Matthias Andree wrote: > >> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Tim Traver wrote: >> >>> ok, after looking at all of the posts that I've found, and trying >>> numerous settings, I am a little stumped as to how to

Re: [Dovecot] deliver and qmail

2009-01-28 Thread Matthias Andree
systems should implement copy-on-write strategies underneath fork() and can then map vfork() on top of fork() because it really makes no noticable difference any more. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] deliver and qmail

2009-01-28 Thread Matthias Andree
-user file for > that particular user to avoid the extra step. ...are home directory lookups so very expensive on your system? Hard to believe. I always found that qmail's (and qmail-send's) queue spooling behaviour was what really hurted, with a dozen (or so) synchronous writes for just

Re: [Dovecot] TLS / SSL login with Thunderbird very slow ?

2009-01-24 Thread Matthias Andree
y try ident queries that your client possibly firewalls) or Postfix. > why is this so slow? > any chance to speed up this ? Figure out what takes so long (Wireshark or tcpdump) - do not only log Dovecot queries. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot and Bogofilter

2008-11-10 Thread Matthias Andree
.org/FILTER_README.html#simple_filter> Postfix's content_filter=... setting diverts the mail from regular routing, and the sendmail command (without -t!) reinjects with original headers and recipients (from envelope) for then regular routing. Looks scary to some, but works. BTDT, although I've moved on to amavisd-new since. Saves the hassle of training spamfilters with virucide fodder... -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot and Bogofilter

2008-11-10 Thread Matthias Andree
t. Postfix's pipe(8) transport runs the command directly rather than spawning /bin/sh; so it does not support shell expansions such as pipes. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot and Bogofilter

2008-11-10 Thread Matthias Andree
particular folders via IMAP. I'm happy to update or add instructions to bogofilter, but may not have the time to do sufficient R&D myself in the near future to obtain relevant knowledge that I could document myself. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Startup info message

2008-10-30 Thread Matthias Andree
It was in the release notes and supposed to go away upon first successful authentication. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Postfix and Dovecot SASL authentication error

2008-08-25 Thread Matthias Andree
ED] ~]$ fetchmail -vvv > fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying coreteamsolutions.in (protocol POP3) at Sat 23 Aug Seriously outdated. Does it have all the security fixes? -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-08-02 Thread Matthias Andree
on. > > Or before when dialups were more common, if the modem disconnected you'd > have to wait several minutes until the previous connection timed out. Which would hint to signal propagation issues on the dialin server. Modems detect quite quickly if the link is broken and the system can then issue SIGHUP and clean up locks... -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Some help required - dovecot: IMAP(matthew): unlink(/home/matthew/Maildir/cur/new) failed: Operation not permitted

2008-07-31 Thread Matthias Andree
Hi I hope you're not offended by posting a quote to the list... you sent the mail just to me. On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here here is an excerpt: > > ls -l home/matthew/Maildir/cur > ... > drwx-- 2 matthew matthew 512 Jul 30 17:48 cur:2,ST > drwx-- 2 matthew

Re: [Dovecot] Some help required - dovecot: IMAP(matthew): unlink(/home/matthew/Maildir/cur/new) failed: Operation not permitted

2008-07-31 Thread Matthias Andree
tents into the right place, and check if the mail filtering/delivery rules designate the proper places to drop mail off. -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-30 Thread Matthias Andree
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Matthias Andree wrote: > Well... according to RFC-1939, the session should be locked when > entering TRANSACTION state. Purpose is to avoid two processes stomping > over each other in the later UPDATE state. setting pop3_lock_session=yes works as expected (ca. 1.1.

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-30 Thread Matthias Andree
nce I don't really have the option > of upgrading the OS on my mail servers any time soon. I'd stay away from such a version, but use a recent 1.0.X or 1.1.X - if someone is looking after your server regularly (once or twice a week or so), compiling it yourself shouldn't be an issue. HTH -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] v1.0.14 released

2008-06-03 Thread Matthias Andree
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008, Curtis Maloney wrote: > Matthias Andree wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jun 2008, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> >>> - proxy: Login success reply was sent in two IP packets, which >>> confused some IMAP/POP3 clients >> >> So? Fix the

Re: [Dovecot] v1.0.14 released

2008-06-03 Thread Matthias Andree
27;m not against the change, but it's not a "solution". -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Security Hole in 1.0.13?

2008-05-18 Thread Matthias Andree
fter all, is highly popular in qmail environments which boast about their "security" (which is partially based on "proof by claim" like arguments and sometimes 'substantiated' by ad-hominem attacks of certain groups of people who can't bear criticism). -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Security Hole in 1.0.13?

2008-05-18 Thread Matthias Andree
inked ps, top, netstat copies from an uncompromised system or a known-good live CD? -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] PATCH: sendmail-like DSNs in Dovecot deliver (EX_TEMPFAIL always)

2007-05-09 Thread Matthias Andree
Steffen Kaiser schrieb: > Hello, > > I've put together an always tempfail & sendmail-like DSN report back patch. > > Because I don't know how to transform the rejection reason into > sysexit.h codes, it always tempfails. Just read /usr/include/sysexits.h and pick the best fit, such as EX_NOPERM.

Re: [Dovecot] PATCH: Deliver looses mail and DSN if Return-Path is missing

2007-05-09 Thread Matthias Andree
Steffen Kaiser schrieb: > BTW: Would it be possible to return the errno of the failed system call > to the MTA via the main() return value? I believe that any MTA will act > upon these codes and the postmaster can setup the preferred way handling > bounces. No, the "any" MTA - excluding qmail and

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0 for openSUSE 10.2?

2007-05-01 Thread Matthias Andree
Matt Zukowski schrieb: > Just wondering if anyone out there is working on a package for openSUSE > 10.2? Already there, check http://software.opensuse.org/download/server:/mail/openSUSE_10.2/ (look in the subdirectory of your architecture). -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Wiki language issues

2007-04-14 Thread Matthias Andree
James Turnbull schrieb: > Hi all > > It's morning and I haven't had coffee but has anyone else noticed that > the Wiki seems to have changed languages from English to Russian in > sections? > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/FrontPage > > It appears a user has made some edits to a couple of the pages a

Re: [Dovecot] Duplicate E-mail Problem

2007-04-13 Thread Matthias Andree
Phillip T. George schrieb: > Here's a snippet from the procmail log file: > procmail: Assigning > "LASTFOLDER=/home/domain.com/homes/user/Maildir/new/1176426436.9170_1.east.domain.com" > > procmail: Notified comsat: > "[EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/home/domain.com/homes/user/Maildir/new/1176426436.9170_1

Re: [Dovecot] Duplicate E-mail Problem

2007-04-13 Thread Matthias Andree
Stewart Dean schrieb: > When this happens with sendmail, it can be that the queue handler > doesn't finish before a new queue handler is kicked off, so each > successive queue handler/runner ends up sending the same mail. > Background: sendmail, and perhaps postfix, is configured to a) toss > stuff

Re: [Dovecot] 1.0.rc32 released

2007-04-12 Thread Matthias Andree
Marc Perkel schrieb: > Remember even if you don't get everything right by tomorrow there's > always version 1.01. There will always be bugs and new features to add. I do hope Timo will leave bugs and features to the HEAD branch and save the fixes for 1.0.X :-) [1] Anyways, to Timo - good luck wit

Re: [Dovecot] Procmail filtering versus Dovecot LDA

2007-04-03 Thread Matthias Andree
mail being in the wrong folder. Particularly the "fallthrough" behavior of procmail's is complemented by EX_TEMPFAIL in maildrop. Best, Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Init.d boot scripts??

2007-04-03 Thread Matthias Andree
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > Hello, > > Trying to figure out how to get dovecot to startup at boot. I saw the > Ubuntu script on the dovecot site, but that didn't work on my system (SuSe > 10.2). Of course, copying the /usr/local/sbin/dovecot file into > /etc/init.d doesn't work at all. Any one h

Re: [Dovecot] 1.0.rc29 released

2007-03-31 Thread Matthias Andree
m 0.99 to 1.0 the configuration file format changed, or something like that). So I still have some sympathy for Timo's many release candidates. I'd rather he called a broken release "RC" rather than have showstoppers in the actual release :-) Features aren't good in rc though. But let's wait how 1.0 looks before we complain :-) -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] 1.0.rc29 released

2007-03-31 Thread Matthias Andree
r for pkgsrc) is that the example > config file changes with (almost) every release. The changes are mostly > just in comments, but it makes users have to merge their configuration on > every update. In the end, Dovecot has not yet been released... -- Matthias Andree

Re: [Dovecot] Freebsd 4 error DSN stat=Service Unavailable after dovecot install

2007-03-29 Thread Matthias Andree
Biffy Bob schrieb: > Hello everyone, > I am getting an error message on FreeBSD 4 after I install dovecot. To > start off, I create two regular users, testuser and testuser1. > > I send each user emails then I install dovecot. After installing > dovecot I set up the users in Maildir format then

Re: [Dovecot] Version numbering

2007-03-29 Thread Matthias Andree
Ejay Hire schrieb: > I support A. If I get a package from an RPM repository and the version > number is 1.3, I will think it is better than 1.2. > > If I get a package from an RPM repository and the version number is > 1.3.unstable, I am smart enough to know that it might be "unstable". No offe

Re: [Dovecot] Version numbering

2007-03-28 Thread Matthias Andree
Timo Sirainen schrieb: > After v1.0 is released, I can finally get back to sane version numbers. > But any comments on which one is better: > > a) Postfix-style: "1.1.UNSTABLE.MMDD" -> 1.1.0 (stable) > > b) Odd-even numbering: 1.1.x (unstable) -> 1.2.0 (stable) > > With a) style the releases

Re: [Dovecot] 1.0.rc28 / v1.0 plans

2007-03-22 Thread Matthias Andree
Timo Sirainen schrieb: > I'll probably release 1.0.rc28 in a few days. Would be nice to get some > testing for it first. http://dovecot.org/nightly/dovecot-latest.tar.gz > contains pretty much what it's supposed to be. Are we now seeing prereleases to release candidates? Wow, that is really nasty.

Re: [Dovecot] invalid mbox

2007-03-20 Thread Matthias Andree
Marc Lucke schrieb: > dovecot-1.0-1.1.rc15.fc6 > > When I attempt to drag spam from one IMAP box to another it tells me > that I have an invalid mbox format for some emails. Occasionally too > when I click on that email box it gives me the same error. uw-imapd > never gave me those problems. Yo