Questions tagged [dovecot]

QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTFIX ADMINISTRATION ARE OFF-TOPIC. Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for Linux

Dovecot is an open-source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux originally developed by Timo Sirainen in 2002.

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dovecot create Virtual folders (imap search)

I have taken a look at virtual folders and have it working. The couple of the folders I have set up are All Mail and Flagged by creating the respective dovecot-virtual file. The dovecot-virtual files seems to be needed in each users mailbox. How can…
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postfix, dovecot, roundcube adding email account

I inherited a mail server setup with postfix, dovecot, roundcube setup on AWS. Virtual users stored in roundcube. How do I add an email account? Do I add the account at roundcube db and it will automatically update postfix and dovecot or vice…
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Roundcube SSL connection IMAP Error: Login failed

This is probably a reoccurring problem, where you are unable to Login to Roundcube (Connection to storage server failed), due to an IMAP (ssl) connection error. Many Posts reports this as an IMAP issue, and tells you that this is due to the…
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roundcube cannot connect to storage

im getting this in the logs. Jan 12 08:13:35 mail kernel: [41322.897575] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=dc:a6:32:bd:7a:96:0c:59:9c:82:f7:af:08:00 SRC=45.143.221.11 DST=209.15.158.28 LEN=41 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=240 ID=54321 PROTO=UDP SPT=59778…
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Why does dovecot on localhost repeat "Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs)"?

I'm running dovecot 2.3.10.1 on localhost (Mac OS X Catalina) to store local email folders, as described in this article. I do this so different email clients (Thunderbird & Outlook) can share a set of local mail folders. The IMAP connection is…
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MailKit gets an SslHandshakeException with LetsEncrypt SSL certificates

I have a server (Centos 7) setup to be used as mail server. Using postfix/dovecot/opendkim/opendmarc.. It works as it should, users are able to connect their emails using gmail for example. Able to send and receive mail. Also when I use MailKit…
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Dovecot compress existing maildir mails from postfix

I've taken code snippets from elsewhere and created a script to compress existing maildir emails (Dovecot would need to be stopped as I don't check for locks). #!/bin/bash store=/var/vmail/mydomain.com find "$store" -type d -name "cur" | while read…
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Roundcube - Uncaught ArithmeticError: Bit shift by negative number

I have install dovecot, postfix and roundcube but roundcube logs give the this Error: [12-Nov-2019 21:23:08 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ArithmeticError: Bit shift by negative number in /usr/share/roundcube/program/lib/des.inc:155 Stack trace: #0…
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JavaMail fails to send email from docker container

I just deployed some Java code to production(its a Java web app deployed in Tomcat) and I noticed that the module responsible for sending Email started to fail. This was not the case when the code was running on my local system. I could at least…
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Dovecot 'BAD Error in IMAP command received by server'

So I'm trying to set up a squirrel mail web server. These are the instructions I've followed https://www.1and1.com/cloud-community/learn/application/e-mail/set-up-a-postfix-mail-server-with-dovecot-and-squirrelmail-on-ubuntu-1604/ this is what I…
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Dovecot ssl connection to mysql server

Currently i am trying to setup the sql connection for my dovecot host. Because the sql server runs on another instance, i want to secure the connection with SSL. Sadly i can't find any options to configure that in Dovecot. driver=mysql connect =…
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Relay access denied when sending email from client - Postfix misconfiguration?

I have built an email server using Postfix and Dovecot. I got it working using Roundcube, it sends and receives emails as it should. But when I try to send an email from an external client (ex: default Android mail client), the email gets rejected…
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IMAP status on not existing folder

I am getting this IMAP response. Notice the folders INBOX.INBOX.ooo and INBOX.INBOX.dfgdfg. INBOX.INBOX folder doesn't exists and it is just a placeholder (NonExistent) folder. C: A00000096 STATUS INBOX (UIDVALIDITY HIGHESTMODSEQ) S: * STATUS INBOX…
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add a "all mail" virtual folder to all users in mailserver with postfix/dovecot and MariaDB

I am trying to add a all mails virtual folder for all the users. i tried some articles but not useful. i am using Centos 7 and mail server installed with postfix/dovecot and MariaDB. Could you please help me out for this issue?
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Arch Dovecot spamtestplus sieve not working

I followed the guide at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dovecot#Sieve In one portion it says to create /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/global_sieves/move_to_spam_folder.sieve with: require "spamtestplus"; require "fileinto"; require…
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