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An IMAP and POP3 email server. When asking about Dovecot problems, please include relevant maillog lines and output of the following command: `doveconf -n`

Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for *nix systems. It emphasizes security, and is also easy to set up and use, as well as having high performance.

More information about dovecot is available at http://www.dovecot.org/

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dovecot master user -> how to get information in the sql query to what account master is trying to log in?

I'm looking for a way to have multiple email accounts to which other users can log in using their logins and passwords in the same way as master user. by adding additional table in my system I could control the access. The problem is that dovecot…
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relay mail from one postfix server to another

I'm attempting to use just 1 postfix instance to input ALL my outgoing mail. From there the goal is to relay it to my one of the many outbound postfix instances. I do this using round robin dns so it spreads the load throughout. [mail client] -->…
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fail2ban regex to catch dovecot log entry?

Am trying to write a fail2ban regex that catches anyone who tries the user-id "administrador". For example, this log entry: Jan 2 09:55:01 mail2 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=, method=PLAIN,…
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IMAP email not received but it is in the logs

Our server has apparently lost some email. The company's client says that 2 emails were supposed to have been received and I looked through /var/log/mail.log* files by using zgrep and the two emails turned up. However, when I searched through the…
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Dovecot IMAP action log for a user

I had a strange problem crop up this morning.. one of my users emailed me saying that their email from a the last month had disappeared into their trash. This, unfortunately, is a hostile user.. so it would help smooth things over for everyone if I…
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Dovecot 2.x unix_listners

Could somebody be able to explain to me what the various unix_listners do in the Dovecot 2.x configuration (specifically 10-master.conf). Currently, for postfix to use to deliver mail, I have: service lmtp { unix_listener…
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Looking for direction - load-balancing dovecot-postfix

Just looking for a direction to go. There are several HA/load-balancing packages for Ubuntu 10.04 and I'm not sure which one to use. Here is my scenario: Using Postfix for smtp, dovecot for pop/imap. Two servers: In normal operation I want one…
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Using Dovecot's LMTP with virtual users (with db lookup to map address to mailbox)

I'd like to use dovecot with sql-based virtual users (which already works fine in my current exim+courier-imapd setup). In my setup there are "mailboxes" which have a mailboxname@domain and a password. Besides that, there are "addresses" which map…
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Support needed creating Dovecot listener on Debian ( postfix)

I would like to create a dovecot lmtp listener under /var/spool/postfix/private/. Because postfix runs chrooted by default under debian. How can I do this? Grtz
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Default subfolders for dovecot

For new accounts, dovecot only has a single default folder, the inbox. Is there a way to specify a default set of subfolders, preferably immutable, that exist for each inbox? Ideally, I want each account to have a Sent, Trash, and Drafts folder,…
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Postfix/dovecot newbie: Can access mail on server via ssh, but not through mail client

I've just tried setting up a postfix/dovecot server for the first time, with accounts managed through a mysql table. (via tutorial at http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-ubuntu-10.04-lucid) If I log into the actual box, the mail…
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Is there a tool similar to pflogsumm (Postfix logs parser) for Dovecot?

For monitoring my Postfix install I'm using pflogsumm, which parses the Postfix's logs and generates a nice summary. I tried to find a similar tool for Dovecot, but couldn't. Is there such a thing? Some clarifications: The tool has to be open…
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Using Postfix+Dovecot+MySQL, enable a catch-all+forward for a domain, while still allowing authenticated outgoing access

I have a server with Debian 6 (Squeeze), running Postfix, Dovecot, and using MySQL as the backing store for virtual email accounts. For my domain example.com, I have a ‘catch-all’ @example.com that forwards to myaccount@gmail.com. I want to allow an…
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Dovecot error ChgrpNoPerm

Today I installed Dovecot from source and after configuration and some testing I got error ChgrpNoPerm, which is described here. After reading and misunderstanding I recursively chmod-ed /var/spool/mail/ (mail directory) to 777 and I haven't got any…
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procmail dovecot, mail client see change only when quit and reopen

I have a filter in .procmailrc to organize mail in a folder. But I use dovecot as LDA, and it doesn't update until I quit the client. I read that I need to proceed mail through deliver as explain here : http://wiki.dovecot.org/procmail So in…
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