similar to: Restoring mail

On 4/21/2016 12:01, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On 21 Apr 2016, at 19:51, Knute Johnson <dovecot at knutejohnson.com> wrote: >> On 4/21/2016 04:33, Aropalo Tommi wrote: >>>> I'm trying to set up replication between two servers and I've hit a >>>> snag. I have two users and am using mbox files. If anybody has a >>>> sample config file for a

I switched from using Pegasus and POP3 to Thunderbird and IMAP for my email. Now I get a lot of "Corrupted index cache file" errors in my log. Dovecot is running under Fedora 8 and is version 1.0.13-6.fc8. The Thunderbird is version 2.0.0.14 running under Windows XP. My wife's Blackberry is also using IMAP and not reporting any errors. Any ideas what the problem is or how to

I am running Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 on Windows XP. When I try to delete one of the folders I get a dialog with the following "The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Target mailbox doesn't allow inferior mailboxes." I am running dovecot version 1.0.13-6.fc8 under Fedora 8. The output of dovecot -n is below; [root at www knute]# dovecot -n # 1.0.13:

I'm getting the following message in my log; dovecot: IMAP(knute): fchown(/home/knute/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache.lock, -1, 8(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1000(knute), group based on /var/mail/knute): 1 Time(s) dovecot: IMAP(knute): fchown(/home/knute/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log.newlock, -1, 8(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted

I'm building a new server and using a newer version of ubuntu server that uses Dovecot 2.0. I thought I would like to use Maildir instead of the mbox that was used in the previous server. What do I have to do to convert my mbox mail to Maildir? Or should I just use mbox and copy it over :-)? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson

I've currently got dovecot running on a Fedora server and I want to move all my mail to my new server running ubuntu. Both use mbox and I have IMAP working in both. Can I just copy the ~user/mail directory and /var/mail/user file and replace them in the new server? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."

My mailserver blew up today with a power hit. I've created a new server and have dovecot running and I want to restore my mail. I have a copy of the file that was in /var/mail. I set the new dovecot config up the same as the old one and copied the mail file over. I can see the INBOX mail but none of the rest of it. I'm running 1.2.15 under Ubuntu server 11.04. I'm using

On 4/21/2016 04:33, Aropalo Tommi wrote: >> I'm trying to set up replication between two servers and I've hit a >> snag. I have two users and am using mbox files. If anybody has a >> sample config file for a simple system like mine I would really be >> grateful to see it. >> Thanks, >> The error I'm getting is: >> Mar 23 14:07:31 knute2

I currently have a mail server using Dovecot and sendmail. I was thinking I would like to have a backup of my mail and an additional server in case of hardware failure. Is it possible to run two identical or nearly identical server setups and sync the mail files between them? If it is possible, in general terms how would one go about this? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson

dovecot: POP3(knute): mbox sync: Expunged message reappeared in mailbox /var/mail/knute (UID 585 < 379664, seq=2, idx_msgs=0): 1 Time(s) dovecot: POP3(knute): mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /var/mail/knute (379664 > 585, seq=2, idx_msgs=1): 1 Time(s) I've been getting these lately. Any idea what causes them? Should I worry about it? Thanks, --

For sure Knute. Take a look at this: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Replication I think a good implementation would be using a dovecot director layer + dovecot replication. On 08/15/2015 06:26 PM, Knute Johnson wrote: > I currently have a mail server using Dovecot and sendmail. I was > thinking I would like to have a backup of my mail and an additional > server in case of hardware

I'm getting the following message in my log; dovecot: IMAP(knute): fchown(/home/knute/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache.lock, -1, 8(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1000(knute), group based on /var/mail/knute): 1 Time(s) dovecot: IMAP(knute): fchown(/home/knute/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log.newlock, -1, 8(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted

Hey: When I run dovecot and retrieve any mail for a user, a mail directory is created in the users home. It has a subdirectory Inbox. No mail goes there however, it all goes to /var/spool/username. What is that directory for and how do I get it to not make it or can I? I am only using POP3. Thanks, -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...

>On Apr 11, 2006, at 7:40 AM, Knute Johnson wrote: > >> I have a new install of FC5 running dovecot 1.0.0 beta 2.7. I get my >> mail with POP3 but I have a user using IMAP. They both work great but >> I keep getting a message from dovecot in my mail saying DON'T DELETE >> THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA. I think it is there to help keep >> track of

I'm trying to set up replication between two servers and I've hit a snag. I have two users and am using mbox files. If anybody has a sample config file for a simple system like mine I would really be grateful to see it. Thanks, The error I'm getting is: Mar 23 14:07:31 knute2 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.3.100,nobody): Error: user nobody: Initialization failed: Namespace

Hi: I'm running dovecot on a Fedora 3 box and would like to be able to make a TLS connection to it with my Pegasus Mail program running on my Winblows machine. Does anybody know if it is possible? If it is I could really use some help configuring my dovecot. I have tried for several days but I really don't know what I'm doing and need a direction to start. Thanks, -- Knute

My mail server is running on a Fedora FC5 box. I need to move the mail server to another computer and so I need to back up my user's mail and move it. I have found mail in /var/spoo/mail/[users] and in their home directories there is a 'mail' directory. All users have an 'Inbox' file that is empty and I think the one IMAP user has a 'Trash' file that is huge!

I have a new install of FC5 running dovecot 1.0.0 beta 2.7. I get my mail with POP3 but I have a user using IMAP. They both work great but I keep getting a message from dovecot in my mail saying DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA. I think it is there to help keep track of IMAP messages. Since I use POP3 is there any way not to have it show up all the time? I've

I'm about to bring up a new mail server running Ubuntu 11.10 with Dovecot 2. I've been using 1.2 all along and there are a bunch more config files in 2. In 1.2 I just edited the protocols statement but I can't find one in version 2. Is there a way to disable pop3 or do I just firewall the ports? And a related question, I've been using imaps on port 993 but I hear

Is it possible to use saslauth for digest-md5 or cram-md5 authentication? If so how would one go about configuring dovecot? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...