Ben Johnson
2014-Oct-01 18:43 UTC
Trouble getting listescape plugin to work with "$" separator (as demonstrated in Wiki) in Dovecot 2.2.9
Hello,
I'm attempting to install the listescape plugin so that IMAP users are
able to include periods (.) and forward slashes (/) in IMAP directory names.
I'm following the instructions at
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Listescape , which imply that this can
be accomplished by enabling the listescape plugin and using the dollar
sign ($) as the separator.
With regard to my dovecot configuration, first, I changed
protocol imap {
mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam
}
to
protocol imap {
mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam listescape
namespace private {
separator = $
inbox = yes
}
}
When I start dovecot, I receive the following error:
doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with:
doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:102:
namespace private {} has been replaced by namespace { type=private }
Pretty straightforward; I made the required change to yield
protocol imap {
mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam listescape
namespace {
type = private
separator = $
inbox = yes
}
}
But now, when I attempt to start dovecot, I receive the following error:
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
line 104: Unknown variable: $
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
line 104: Unknown variable: $
Is it possible that the instructions at the Wiki 2 URL cited above are
out-of-date?
If I try to escape the $ with any other character (I'm just shooting in
the dark regarding possible escape characters, as I cannot find
definitive documentation that pertains to escaping $ in the dovecot
configuration), I receive yet another error:
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
Namespace '': Hierarchy separator must be only one character long
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
Namespace '': Hierarchy separator must be only one character long
Ultimately, I have two questions:
1.) Is the nesting structure that I've employed correct? The Wiki 2 page
is not clear with regard to the nesting; is it correct to put the
"namespace" block inside the "protocol imap" block, as I
demonstrated above?
2.) Is it possible to escape the dollar sign so that it can be used as
the separator?
Full "doveconf -n" output is included below.
Thanks for any assistance,
-Ben
# doveconf -n
# 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
line 104: Unknown variable: $
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
# OS: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *,[::]
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
mail_debug = yes
mail_privileged_group = vmail
passdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
driver = sql
}
plugin {
antispam_backend = pipe
antispam_debug_target = syslog
antispam_pipe_program = /bin/bash
antispam_pipe_program_args = /usr/local/bin/sa-learn-pipe.sh
antispam_pipe_program_notspam_arg = --ham
antispam_pipe_program_spam_arg = --spam
antispam_pipe_tmpdir = /tmp
antispam_spam_pattern_ignorecase = SPAM;JUNK
antispam_trash_pattern_ignorecase = trash;Deleted *
antispam_verbose_debug = 1
quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage
quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M
quota_rule3 = Junk:ignore
quota_rule4 = INBOX:storage=+100M
quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-reached 100 %u %d
quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u %d
quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u %d
quota_warning4 = -storage=100%% quota-below below %u %d
sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve
}
postmaster_address = postmaster at localhost.com
protocols = imap pop3 sieve
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
unix_listener auth-userdb {
group = vmail
mode = 0600
user = vmail
}
user = root
}
service config {
unix_listener config {
group = vmail
mode = 0600
user = vmail
}
}
service imap-login {
client_limit = 1000
process_limit = 500
}
service quota-below {
executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-below.sh
unix_listener quota-below {
group = vmail
mode = 0666
user = vmail
}
user = vmail
}
service quota-reached {
executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-reached.sh
unix_listener quota-reached {
group = vmail
mode = 0666
user = vmail
}
user = vmail
}
service quota-warning {
executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh
unix_listener quota-warning {
group = vmail
mode = 0666
user = vmail
}
user = vmail
}
ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/smtpd.cert
ssl_key = </etc/postfix/smtpd.key
userdb {
args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
driver = sql
}
protocol imap {
mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam listescape
namespace {
inbox = yes
location prefix separator = $
type = private
}
}
protocol pop3 {
mail_plugins = quota
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
protocol lda {
info_log_path log_path mail_plugins = sieve quota
}
Teemu Huovila
2014-Oct-02 13:57 UTC
Trouble getting listescape plugin to work with "$" separator (as demonstrated in Wiki) in Dovecot 2.2.9
On 10/01/2014 09:43 PM, Ben Johnson wrote:> Ultimately, I have two questions: > > 1.) Is the nesting structure that I've employed correct? The Wiki 2 page > is not clear with regard to the nesting; is it correct to put the > "namespace" block inside the "protocol imap" block, as I demonstrated above?I think it would be better, if you put the namespace configuration at the top level. See http://master.wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces or 10-mail.conf and 15-mailboxes.conf, that are located in the doc/example-config/conf.d/ directory of the Dovecot sources, for more examples.> 2.) Is it possible to escape the dollar sign so that it can be used as > the separator?There was a mistake in the wiki. You should quote the $ like this: "$". br, Teemu Huovila