Questions tagged [dovecot]
An IMAP and POP3 email server. When asking about Dovecot problems, please include relevant maillog lines and output of the following command: `doveconf -n`
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Exim Sieve forum or references?
I'm migrating from Postfix + Dovecot with ManageSieve, to Exim, which has the Exim-specific implementation of Sieve. Is there a forum or guide for converting Sieve filters from the Dovecot version (...
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Automating a sieve Refilter folder without cron
Every so often a need for some new sieve rules comes along. Along with that are messages in the inbox that would be filtered differently according to the new rules.
The sieve-filter tool makes quick ...
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Dovecot Mailserver moves mails with "List-Unsubscribe" header to junk, although no spam settings configured
I have my own mailserver setup with postfix and dovecot on an Ubuntu 20 server. The setup is very standard (postfix using mbox files) and has been working nicely for a long time. However, there is an ...
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Postfix Mail being redirected to private inbox
I am relatively new to Linux, setting up servers and especially handling mail related things. I've bought a new domain and rented a VPS, which now hosts my website. I need a more open environment for ...
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How to monitor users usage of GPG keys on company email server
I've been tasked to monitor our user's usage of PGP keys (ie: how many emails are sent/received using PGP). How can I go about doing this? We all use Ubuntu and the Thunderbird email client and ...
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554 5.7.1 Relay access denied - cant send mails
I tried to upgrade debian from 10 to 11 and the everything got messed up. Im trying to fix postfix. I can receive emails but cant send. I get the error "554 5.7.1 Relay access denied"
My ...
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Outlook timeout when adding IMAP account (dovecot, postfix)
I am adding a Postfix /dovecot mail server in Outlook 2016.
It works on my phone and I can successfully authenticate using:
doveadm auth test user pass
postconf -n
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
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Why it's recommended to run Postfix in a chroot jail?
I understand that chroot allows to isolate Postfix, so if an attacker gives an access to one of a Postfix program, he cannot maliciously change something outside of the chrooted directory.
Seems that ...
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Dovecot error when trying to access mailbox
I can't get DoveCot functioning on one domain out of several domains and users. All others work perfectly. When trying to connect to this user's mailbox I get a server error "Internal error ...
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SMTP Server: Postfix w/ Dovecot - how to configure the allowed username + password?
I seek a Linux-based SMTP server.
I've read tutorials and specs regarding Postfix SASL with Dovecot, though I can't find how to configure the list of username and password which are allowed to send ...
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Dovecot authentication via group for sharing user mailbox
This is on a dovecot + postfix setup.
Postfix authenticates via a unix socket onto dovecot.
There is no virtual user.
Dovecot authenticates the system users via PAM.
We would like to give access to a ...
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How can I migrate messages from gmail to dovecot?
How do I import .mbox files from Gmail takeout to a dovecot Maildir?
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fail2ban for dovecot not working
i have set up ufw in linux mint and works fine.
in my linux mint box i run dovecot and i see many failure login tries.
I set up fail2ban like this:
[dovecot-pop3imap]
enabled = true
filter = dovecot-...
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Roundcube mail AUTHENTICATE PLAIN: Temporary authentication failure
I set up a Roundcube mail server on an Ubuntu vm (AWS). For user logins I made a mysql database called roundcube which contains usernames and passwords. It's using dovecot and IMAP. When I open the ...
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IPREV check failing on multiple ipv6 addresses
I'm using a Raspberry Pi 5b running Ubuntu to host a Postfix and Dovecot mailserver from my home. After setting up various sender authentication mechanisms on the server eg. SPF, DKIM and DMARC - and ...
