[Dovecot] how add size (, S=size) and virtual size (, W=vsize) fields to a maildir filename ?

2008-05-13 Thread Marco Giunta
Hi to all, I'm a sys admin in a college, and we're using Dovecot as IMAP/POP3 server and delivery; we're also patch dovecot to add managesieve capability. I've a question: I've read on dovecot's wiki, that is possible improve the performance on maildir files by adding ,S=size,W=vsize fields on

Re: [Dovecot] how add size (, S=size) and virtual size (, W=vsize) fields to a maildir filename ?

2008-05-13 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 08:36 +0200, Marco Giunta wrote: Hi to all, I'm a sys admin in a college, and we're using Dovecot as IMAP/POP3 server and delivery; we're also patch dovecot to add managesieve capability. I've a question: I've read on dovecot's wiki, that is possible improve the

[Dovecot] Mailbox problem

2008-05-13 Thread Sadiq Walji
Greetings, I am using dovecot as our POP3 and IMAP server and Squirrelmail for the Webmail. Some of our users get the error message below when trying to access the mailbox using Webmail: ERROR: Could not complete request. Query: SELECT INBOX Reason Given: Internal error occurred.

[Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Eugene
Hello, I would like to suggest a change in handling of 'Time moved backwards' problem. Right now dovecot just dies. So, the scenario: 1) Colocation server is shut down for some reason. The internal time drifts. 2) Server is started again. 3) Dovecot starts successfully. 4) In about a minute,

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:13 +0400, Eugene wrote: I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much of a problem -- to restart itself automatically.  I guess terminating all current connections and

Re: [Dovecot] Mailbox problem

2008-05-13 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 09:56 +0300, Sadiq Walji wrote: To resolve this issue, I need to open the /var/spool/mail/username (mailbox of the user) and delete an empty line that is inserted at the top of the mailbox file. I am running dovecot-0.99.11-8.EL4 on CentOS release 4.6 (Final). Kindly

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik
On 09:23:57 2008-05-13 Timo Sirainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:13 +0400, Eugene wrote: I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much of a problem -- to restart itself

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Eugene
Hi Timo, From: Timo Sirainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much of a problem -- to restart itself automatically.  I guess terminating all current connections and

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Quentin Garnier
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:13:39AM +0400, Eugene wrote: Hello, I would like to suggest a change in handling of 'Time moved backwards' problem. Right now dovecot just dies. So, the scenario: 1) Colocation server is shut down for some reason. The internal time drifts. 2) Server is started

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Eugene
Hello, From: Quentin Garnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4) In about a minute, NTP daemon feels confident about adjusting the system time. The admin should run ntpdate before launching ntpd and dovecot. ntpd will _never_ move time backwards under normal drifting conditions (it has other ways of coping

Re: [Dovecot] Access to the root of a shared mailbox

2008-05-13 Thread RIOTTEAU Gwénaël
I have an issue with shares mailboxes Example : I have 2 users A and B. A must have an access to all mail of B So i create a public namespace namespace public { separator = / prefix = Public/ location = maildir:/home/users/B/Maildir } It's OK for the subfolders, but not for the

Re: [Dovecot] how add size (, S=size) and virtual size (, W=vsize) fields to a maildir filename ?

2008-05-13 Thread Marco Giunta
Thank you Timo, I'll use quota plugin on delivery. Timo Sirainen wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 08:36 +0200, Marco Giunta wrote: Hi to all, I'm a sys admin in a college, and we're using Dovecot as IMAP/POP3 server and delivery; we're also patch dovecot to add managesieve capability. I've a

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Quentin Garnier
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:39:54AM +0400, Eugene wrote: Hello, From: Quentin Garnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4) In about a minute, NTP daemon feels confident about adjusting the system time. The admin should run ntpdate before launching ntpd and dovecot. ntpd will _never_ move time backwards

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 12:51 +0400, Anton Yuzhaninov wrote: Timo Sirainen пишет: On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:13 +0400, Eugene wrote: I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much of a

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik
On 10:48:28 2008-05-13 Eugene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, From: Quentin Garnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not the one having trouble reading, here. The proper way to start a system is to run ntp*date* (as early as possible) and then ntpd. That's what you say, and it is far from being

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Anton Yuzhaninov
Timo Sirainen пишет: On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 11:13 +0400, Eugene wrote: I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much of a problem -- to restart itself automatically.  I guess terminating all

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Eugene
Hello, From: Quentin Garnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not the one having trouble reading, here. The proper way to start a system is to run ntp*date* (as early as possible) and then ntpd. That's what you say, and it is far from being officially accepted. NTP project clearly deprecates ntpdate

Re: [Dovecot] Mailbox problem

2008-05-13 Thread Sadiq Walji
Thanks buddy, will get back if the problem persists. -Original Message- From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:25 AM To: Sadiq Walji Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Mailbox problem On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 09:56 +0300, Sadiq Walji

[Dovecot] deliver exits with status 89 on some but not all mails of a batch

2008-05-13 Thread Patrick Nagel
Hi, I'm trying to get dovecot's LDA 'deliver' to deliver mails that come in through a postfix daemon on the same box. I'm talking about dovecot version 1.0.rc15 (on CentOS 5 as Linux-VServer guest on a CentOS 5 host). Configuration - # /etc/dovecot.conf ssl_cert_file:

Re: [Dovecot] deliver exits with status 89 on some but not all mails of a batch

2008-05-13 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/13/2008, Patrick Nagel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm trying to get dovecot's LDA 'deliver' to deliver mails that come in through a postfix daemon on the same box. I'm talking about dovecot version 1.0.rc15 (on CentOS 5 as Linux-VServer guest on a CentOS 5 host) Upgrade... It may or may

Re: [Dovecot] deliver exits with status 89 on some but not all mails of a batch

2008-05-13 Thread Patrick Nagel
Hi Charles, On Tuesday 13 May 2008, Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/13/2008, Patrick Nagel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm trying to get dovecot's LDA 'deliver' to deliver mails that come in through a postfix daemon on the same box. I'm talking about dovecot version 1.0.rc15 (on CentOS 5 as

Re: [Dovecot] deliver exits with status 89 on some but not all mails of a batch

2008-05-13 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/13/2008, Patrick Nagel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Thanks for that hint. I just upgraded to 1.0.13. I'll watch it carefully and report back here in a few days. Lots of nifty stuff (much improved performance for one thing) in the impending 1.1 (currently at rc5)... If this is a new

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Bill Cole
At 11:31 AM +0400 5/13/08, Eugene wrote: Hi Timo, From: Timo Sirainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much of a problem -- to restart itself automatically. I guess

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik
On 15:48:42 2008-05-13 Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:31 AM +0400 5/13/08, Eugene wrote: Hi Timo, From: Timo Sirainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client to reconnect) or -- if the time change is really that much

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Bill Cole
At 11:13 AM +0400 5/13/08, Eugene wrote: Hello, I would like to suggest a change in handling of 'Time moved backwards' problem. Right now dovecot just dies. So, the scenario: 1) Colocation server is shut down for some reason. The internal time drifts. 2) Server is started again. 3) Dovecot

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Charles Marcus
Nevertheless, it would be very nice if you could fix it. It's a fairly big availability problem (for us, at least). Then you have a badly broken system. There is no explanation for time going backwards on a server on a frequent unplanned basis that is not reducible to administrative

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Bill Cole
At 3:58 PM +0200 5/13/08, AndraÏ 'ruskie' Levstik wrote: On 15:48:42 2008-05-13 Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:31 AM +0400 5/13/08, Eugene wrote: Hi Timo, From: Timo Sirainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suggest that Dovecot simply terminate the current connections (causing the client

Re: [Dovecot] Unknown internal error

2008-05-13 Thread Martin Preen
Martin Preen wrote: Hello, I just found this message in our dovecot logfiles: Disconnected: BUG: Unknown internal error Should I worry about this ? There are no complaints yet (although it is not limited to one user). It seems to occur with different clients (Apple/MacOS mail,

[Dovecot] need help

2008-05-13 Thread Gabriele Fergola
I tried to migrate from a server courier to dovecot with imapsync but i get this errore: Couldn't append msg #15 (Subject:[Registrazione]) to folder INBOX: Error sending command '16 APPEND INBOX (\Answered \Seen) {3478} ': 16 BAD Invalid internal date. thk you in advance Workino

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Bill Cole
At 12:48 PM +0400 5/13/08, Eugene wrote: Hello, From: Quentin Garnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not the one having trouble reading, here. The proper way to start a system is to run ntp*date* (as early as possible) and then ntpd. That's what you say, and it is far from being officially accepted.

[Dovecot] missing slash when concatenating strings from userdb static?

2008-05-13 Thread Elod
Dovecot version: 1.0.13 Linux: Debian Testing (kernel 2.6.22) Fs: local # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login

Re: [Dovecot] need help

2008-05-13 Thread Timo Sirainen
On May 13, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Gabriele Fergola wrote: I tried to migrate from a server courier to dovecot with imapsync but i get this errore: Couldn't append msg #15 (Subject:[Registrazione]) to folder INBOX: Error sending command '16 APPEND INBOX (\Answered \Seen) {3478} ': 16 BAD

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Adam McDougall
Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/13/2008, Eugene ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I guess terminating all current connections and restarting all processes would be pretty safe, but it's not really a high priority change for me.. Nevertheless, it would be very nice if you could fix it. It's

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-13-2008 12:13 PM Adam McDougall spake the following: Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/13/2008, Eugene ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I guess terminating all current connections and restarting all processes would be pretty safe, but it's not really a high priority change for me..

Re: [Dovecot] Time moved backwards

2008-05-13 Thread Bruce Bodger
On 5/13/08 3:33 PM, Scott Silva wrote: This would be a good case for running ntpdate on startup at least on the ntp server. Just point it to a reliable outside server. AFAIR RedHat and clones do this in the init script for ntpd. ...and how much more TIME shall we spend rechewing this

Re: [Dovecot] Problem with virtual mail user login users uid not permitted

2008-05-13 Thread Neil Muller
Unfortunately, I received no replies on this problem so I guess that there are very few people using Dovecot and Exim with virtual users on Solaris 10 :=( ... ... I do now have a working mail system of sorts but with real unix users so the virtual mail domains issues still remains for me

Re: [Dovecot] Problem with virtual mail user login users uid not permitted

2008-05-13 Thread Bill Cole
At 9:12 AM +1000 5/14/08, Neil Muller wrote: Unfortunately, I received no replies on this problem so I guess that there are very few people using Dovecot and Exim with virtual users on Solaris 10 :=( Or the list just doesn't always respond in a swift manner... You problem is fully expressed

Re: [Dovecot] deliver exits with status 89 on some but not all mails of a batch

2008-05-13 Thread Patrick Nagel
Hi, On Tuesday 13 May 2008, Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/13/2008, Patrick Nagel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Thanks for that hint. I just upgraded to 1.0.13. I'll watch it carefully and report back here in a few days. Lots of nifty stuff (much improved performance for one thing) in the