Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread jeremy ardley via dovecot
On 9/6/23 09:17, Richard Troy wrote: However if your dovecot SASL is broken, say always permitting access with or without correct password, then there will be a problem I DID find a discrepancy: smtpd_helo_restrictions did NOT have permit_sasl_authenticated. I made the change, of course

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Sean Gallagher
Useful, thanks. ... May I then presume that port 587 should be going to Dovecot only and not Postfix? Otherwise, how was I supporting users with this configuration: No, you should not assume port 587 (or port 465) goes to Dovecot. Postfix has enough smarts to handle the authentication

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Richard Troy
However if your dovecot SASL is broken, say always permitting access with or without correct password, then there will be a problem I DID find a discrepancy: smtpd_helo_restrictions did NOT have permit_sasl_authenticated. I made the change, of course and with that done, am now going to

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Richard Troy
The problem will likely be postfix. I actually doubt it but am VERY grateful for this remark: However if your dovecot SASL is broken, say always permitting access with or without correct password, then there will be a problem IT COULD BE?! I don't know (or maybe recall ATM) enough

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Richard Troy
On Thu, 8 Jun 2023, dove...@x9p.org wrote: Logs? Send the relevant logs so people can analyze the problem. ...The logs in full are HUGE, but I have some excerpts - Hope I caught the right stuff! I'll send along soon. Richard ___ dovecot

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread jeremy ardley via dovecot
On 9/6/23 07:25, Richard Troy wrote: The relaying only started and stopped when Dovecot was turned on or off. Isn't it true that Dovecot performs an authentication function for inbound connect requests, the successful of which then may use the submission mechanism from what Postfix takes to

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Sean Gallagher
The relaying only started and stopped when Dovecot was turned on or off. Isn't it true that Dovecot performs an authentication function for inbound connect requests, the successful of which then may use the submission mechanism from what Postfix takes to be an internal connection to send

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread dovecot
Logs? Send the relevant logs so people can analyze the problem. On 6/8/23 22:36, Richard Troy wrote: Hi All, This is my first posting here, and maybe I should have found this WAY back in January, '23, if not LONG before. I want to be but I find it difficult here to be brief. ... Surely

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Richard Troy
On Fri, 9 Jun 2023, Sean Gallagher wrote: It feels like you are conflating Dovecot with Postfix. Dovecot doesn't actually "relay" anything. (ignoring sieve and submission proxy). Relaying is the job of the "Mail Transfer Agent" or MTA. This is often Postfix but Dovecot could probably work

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Richard Troy
On Thu, 8 Jun 2023, Antonio Leding wrote: Just curious - the first thing the hit me was “27 or so year-old…” Fedora was released 19 years ago and Dovecot 20 — what am I missing? And are you saying this box has been unchanged since ’03? Hi Antonio, I had a lot of that in the eamil and

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Sean Gallagher
It feels like you are conflating Dovecot with Postfix. Dovecot doesn't actually "relay" anything. (ignoring sieve and submission proxy). Relaying is the job of the "Mail Transfer Agent" or MTA. This is often Postfix but Dovecot could probably work with just about any standards-compliant

Re: No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Antonio Leding
Just curious - the first thing the hit me was “27 or so year-old…” Fedora was released 19 years ago and Dovecot 20 — what am I missing? And are you saying this box has been unchanged since ’03? - - - On 8 Jun 2023, at 15:36, Richard Troy wrote: Hi All, This is my first posting here, and

No-novice with Dovecot, but need novice-like advice (was Dovecot cracked?!)

2023-06-08 Thread Richard Troy
Hi All, This is my first posting here, and maybe I should have found this WAY back in January, '23, if not LONG before. I want to be but I find it difficult here to be brief. ... Surely background will surely help: A 27 or so year old Fedora / Postfix / Dovecot site I built had a major

RE: Migration dovecot server with local users to dovecot with virtual mailboxes

2023-06-08 Thread aki.tuomi via dovecot
Please see https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/migrating_mailboxes/Aki Original message From: tseeger...@gmail.com Date: 6/8/23 16:10 (GMT+02:00) To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Migration dovecot server with local users to dovecot with virtual mailboxes Hello, we are

Migration dovecot server with local users to dovecot with virtual mailboxes

2023-06-08 Thread tseegerkrb
Hello, we are using a dovecot server with NIS, we want to transfer it to a new setup. As backend a mysql server will be used in the future. My problem is, if I just copy the maildir or use "doveadm import" all mails are flagged as "unseen". How can i preserve the flags? This is how I have

Re: Remove attachments

2023-06-08 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2023-06-03, John Stoffel wrote: >> "Oliver" == Oliver Glas writes: > >> I am looking for a way to remove attachments, based on a condition. >> Like attachments starting with "TimeReport" shall be removed, and >> then the mail should be delivered, with all other attachments. > > This is