[Dovecot] Dovecot v2.0.13 unix_listeners

Could somebody be able to explain to me what the various unix_listeners do in the Dovecot 2.x configuration (specifically in 10-master.conf). Currently, for postfix to use for local delivery, I have: service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix

[Dovecot] [re] patching dovecot for managesieve/sieve

My apologies for the repost yesterday; it was not intentional. I was attempting to post a followup from my mobile, when something went awry with the editing options on my phone. Anyway..  I have managed to download and compile my own patched dovecot/dovecot-sieve/dovecot-managesieve modules fr

[Dovecot] Restoring Mails from Backup Archive

Hi List, i am trying to restore mails from an backup-archive which was made with rsnapshot. All the mails in the archive look similar like the following: -rw--- 2 1014 1015 3308 8. Aug 13:42 1312803768.V809I266a00aM505178.server:2,ST Now I copy the files from the archive in

[Dovecot] Chroot

Hello, I have successfully setup dovecot with chroot but there are two things yet 1. submission_host problem (I posted message 2 days ago) 2. Problem with acl's and sharing: all maildirs are located in: /var/mail/j...@example.com/Maildir so: mail_chroot=/var/mail I setup acls with: 10-mail.conf

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot v2.0.13 unix_listeners

Heh? they pretty much do exactly as described. the service lmtp is how you inject email into dovecot using the lmtp protocol. the service auth is how you can authenicate user/password against dovecot, normally used in postfix for sasl auth the mode setting is just that, the file mode to set

[Dovecot] metadata plugin problems

Hi, I have trouble with the metadata plugin. I compiled dovecot 2.0.15 from source and also the plugin [2] separately. I work on debian/lenny. I had some trouble compiling it (autoconf somehow didn't insert the DOVECOT_IMAP_INCLUDE variable, I have not idea why) Anyway, I did as described in [

Re: [Dovecot] Restoring Mails from Backup Archive

Andreas Cieslak wrote, On 11/13/11 9:48 AM: Hi List, i am trying to restore mails from an backup-archive which was made with rsnapshot. All the mails in the archive look similar like the following: -rw--- 2 1014 1015 3308 8. Aug 13:42 1312803768.V809I266a00aM505178.server:2,ST

Re: [Dovecot] Performance-Tuning

Peer Heinlein schrieb: I have> 11 TB hard used Mailstorage, saved als maildir in ext3 on HP EVA. You have 11 TB of mails on a non cluster filesystem? Is it only accessed from one server or how does it work?

Re: [Dovecot] Restoring Mails from Backup Archive

Thanks for that information bill. The T was the point which was important for me, because the user didn't tell me that the messages were already marked for deletion. - Anyway, in outlook the mails were visible (marked for deletion). -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: dovecot-boun...@dove

Re: [Dovecot] Restoring Mails from Backup Archive

Thanks for that information bill. The T was the point which was important for me, because the user didn't tell me that the messages were already marked for deletion. - Anyway, in outlook the mails were visible (marked for deletion). -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: dovecot-boun...@dovecot.o