;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU ;;; Copyright © 2015 Andy Wingo ;;; Copyright © 2017 Clément Lassieur ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; ;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it ;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at ;;; your option) any later version. ;;; ;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but ;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;;; ;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see . ;;; ;;; Some of the help text was taken from the default dovecot.conf files. (define-module (gnu services mail) #:use-module (gnu services) #:use-module (gnu services base) #:use-module (gnu services configuration) #:use-module (gnu services shepherd) #:use-module (gnu system pam) #:use-module (gnu system shadow) #:use-module (gnu packages mail) #:use-module (gnu packages admin) #:use-module (gnu packages tls) #:use-module (guix records) #:use-module (guix packages) #:use-module (guix gexp) #:use-module (ice-9 match) #:export (dovecot-service dovecot-service-type dovecot-configuration opaque-dovecot-configuration dict-configuration passdb-configuration userdb-configuration unix-listener-configuration fifo-listener-configuration inet-listener-configuration service-configuration protocol-configuration plugin-configuration mailbox-configuration namespace-configuration opensmtpd-configuration opensmtpd-configuration? opensmtpd-service-type %default-opensmtpd-config-file)) ;;; Commentary: ;;; ;;; This module provides service definitions for the Dovecot POP3 and IMAP ;;; mail server. ;;; ;;; Code: (define (comma-separated-string-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map (lambda (x) (and (string? x) (not (string-index x #\,)))) val))) (define (serialize-comma-separated-string-list field-name val) (serialize-field field-name (string-join val ","))) (define (colon-separated-file-name-list? val) (and (list? val) ;; Trailing slashes not needed and not (and-map file-name? val))) (define (serialize-colon-separated-file-name-list field-name val) (serialize-field field-name (string-join val ":"))) (define (non-negative-integer? val) (and (exact-integer? val) (not (negative? val)))) (define (serialize-non-negative-integer field-name val) (serialize-field field-name val)) (define (hours? val) (non-negative-integer? val)) (define (serialize-hours field-name val) (serialize-field field-name (format #f "~a hours" val))) (define (free-form-fields? val) (match val (() #t) ((((? symbol?) . (? string)) . val) (free-form-fields? val)) (_ #f))) (define (serialize-free-form-fields field-name val) (for-each (match-lambda ((k . v) (serialize-field k v))) val)) (define (free-form-args? val) (match val (() #t) ((((? symbol?) . (? string)) . val) (free-form-args? val)) (_ #f))) (define (serialize-free-form-args field-name val) (serialize-field field-name (string-join (map (match-lambda ((k . v) (format #t "~a=~a" k v))) val) " "))) (define-configuration dict-configuration (entries (free-form-fields '()) "A list of key-value pairs that this dict should hold.")) (define (serialize-dict-configuration field-name val) (format #t "dict {\n") (serialize-configuration val dict-configuration-fields) (format #t "}\n")) (define-configuration passdb-configuration (driver (string "pam") "The driver that the passdb should use. Valid values include @samp{pam}, @samp{passwd}, @samp{shadow}, @samp{bsdauth}, and @samp{static}.") (args (free-form-args '()) "A list of key-value args to the passdb driver.")) (define (serialize-passdb-configuration field-name val) (format #t "passdb {\n") (serialize-configuration val passdb-configuration-fields) (format #t "}\n")) (define (passdb-configuration-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map passdb-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-passdb-configuration-list field-name val) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-passdb-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration userdb-configuration (driver (string "passwd") "The driver that the userdb should use. Valid values include @samp{passwd} and @samp{static}.") (args (free-form-args '()) "A list of key-value args to the userdb driver.") (override-fields (free-form-args '()) "Override fields from passwd.")) (define (serialize-userdb-configuration field-name val) (format #t "userdb {\n") (serialize-configuration val userdb-configuration-fields) (format #t "}\n")) (define (userdb-configuration-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map userdb-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-userdb-configuration-list field-name val) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-userdb-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration unix-listener-configuration (path (string (configuration-missing-field 'unix-listener 'path)) "The file name on which to listen. This is also used as the section name.") (mode (string "0600") "The access mode for the socket.") (user (string "") "The user to own the the socket.") (group (string "") "The group to own the socket.")) (define (serialize-unix-listener-configuration field-name val) (format #t "unix_listener ~a {\n" (unix-listener-configuration-path val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr unix-listener-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define-configuration fifo-listener-configuration (path (string (configuration-missing-field 'fifo-listener 'path)) "The file name on which to listen. This is also used as the section name.") (mode (string "0600") "The access mode for the socket.") (user (string "") "The user to own the the socket.") (group (string "") "The group to own the socket.")) (define (serialize-fifo-listener-configuration field-name val) (format #t "fifo_listener ~a {\n" (fifo-listener-configuration-path val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr fifo-listener-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define-configuration inet-listener-configuration (protocol (string (configuration-missing-field 'inet-listener 'protocol)) "The protocol to listen for.") (address (string "") "The address on which to listen, or empty for all addresses.") (port (non-negative-integer (configuration-missing-field 'inet-listener 'port)) "The port on which to listen.") (ssl? (boolean #t) "Whether to use SSL for this service; @samp{yes}, @samp{no}, or @samp{required}.")) (define (serialize-inet-listener-configuration field-name val) (format #t "inet_listener ~a {\n" (inet-listener-configuration-protocol val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr inet-listener-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define (listener-configuration? val) (or (unix-listener-configuration? val) (fifo-listener-configuration? val) (inet-listener-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-listener-configuration field-name val) (cond ((unix-listener-configuration? val) (serialize-unix-listener-configuration field-name val)) ((fifo-listener-configuration? val) (serialize-fifo-listener-configuration field-name val)) ((inet-listener-configuration? val) (serialize-inet-listener-configuration field-name val)) (else (configuration-field-error field-name val)))) (define (listener-configuration-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map listener-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-listener-configuration-list field-name val) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-listener-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration service-configuration (kind (string (configuration-missing-field 'service 'kind)) "The service kind. Valid values include @code{director}, @code{imap-login}, @code{pop3-login}, @code{lmtp}, @code{imap}, @code{pop3}, @code{auth}, @code{auth-worker}, @code{dict}, @code{tcpwrap}, @code{quota-warning}, or anything else.") (listeners (listener-configuration-list '()) "Listeners for the service. A listener is either an @code{unix-listener-configuration}, a @code{fifo-listener-configuration}, or an @code{inet-listener-configuration}.") (service-count (non-negative-integer 1) "Number of connections to handle before starting a new process. Typically the only useful values are 0 (unlimited) or 1. 1 is more secure, but 0 is faster. .") (process-min-avail (non-negative-integer 0) "Number of processes to always keep waiting for more connections.") ;; FIXME: Need to be able to take the default for this value from other ;; parts of the config. (vsz-limit (non-negative-integer #e256e6) "If you set @samp{service-count 0}, you probably need to grow this.")) (define (serialize-service-configuration field-name val) (format #t "service ~a {\n" (service-configuration-kind val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr service-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define (service-configuration-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map service-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-service-configuration-list field-name val) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-service-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration protocol-configuration (name (string (configuration-missing-field 'protocol 'name)) "The name of the protocol.") (auth-socket-path (string "/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb") "UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users. This is used by imap (for shared users) and lda.") (mail-plugins (space-separated-string-list '("$mail_plugins")) "Space separated list of plugins to load.") (mail-max-userip-connections (non-negative-integer 10) "Maximum number of IMAP connections allowed for a user from each IP address. NOTE: The username is compared case-sensitively.")) (define (serialize-protocol-configuration field-name val) (format #t "protocol ~a {\n" (protocol-configuration-name val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr protocol-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define (protocol-configuration-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map protocol-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-protocol-configuration-list field-name val) (serialize-field 'protocols (string-join (map protocol-configuration-name val) " ")) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-protocol-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration plugin-configuration (entries (free-form-fields '()) "A list of key-value pairs that this dict should hold.")) (define (serialize-plugin-configuration field-name val) (format #t "plugin {\n") (serialize-configuration val plugin-configuration-fields) (format #t "}\n")) (define-configuration mailbox-configuration (name (string (error "mailbox name is required")) "Name for this mailbox.") (auto (string "no") "@samp{create} will automatically create this mailbox. @samp{subscribe} will both create and subscribe to the mailbox.") (special-use (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of IMAP @code{SPECIAL-USE} attributes as specified by RFC 6154. Valid values are @code{\\All}, @code{\\Archive}, @code{\\Drafts}, @code{\\Flagged}, @code{\\Junk}, @code{\\Sent}, and @code{\\Trash}.")) (define (serialize-mailbox-configuration field-name val) (format #t "mailbox \"~a\" {\n" (mailbox-configuration-name val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr mailbox-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define (mailbox-configuration-list? val) (and (list? val) (and-map mailbox-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-mailbox-configuration-list field-name val) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-mailbox-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration namespace-configuration (name (string (error "namespace name is required")) "Name for this namespace.") (type (string "private") "Namespace type: @samp{private}, @samp{shared} or @samp{public}.") (separator (string "") "Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator for all namespaces or some clients get confused. @samp{/} is usually a good one. The default however depends on the underlying mail storage format.") (prefix (string "") "Prefix required to access this namespace. This needs to be different for all namespaces. For example @samp{Public/}.") (location (string "") "Physical location of the mailbox. This is in same format as mail_location, which is also the default for it.") (inbox? (boolean #f) "There can be only one INBOX, and this setting defines which namespace has it.") (hidden? (boolean #f) "If namespace is hidden, it's not advertised to clients via NAMESPACE extension. You'll most likely also want to set @samp{list? #f}. This is mostly useful when converting from another server with different namespaces which you want to deprecate but still keep working. For example you can create hidden namespaces with prefixes @samp{~/mail/}, @samp{~%u/mail/} and @samp{mail/}.") (list? (boolean #t) "Show the mailboxes under this namespace with LIST command. This makes the namespace visible for clients that don't support NAMESPACE extension. The special @code{children} value lists child mailboxes, but hides the namespace prefix.") (subscriptions? (boolean #t) "Namespace handles its own subscriptions. If set to @code{#f}, the parent namespace handles them. The empty prefix should always have this as @code{#t}.)") (mailboxes (mailbox-configuration-list '()) "List of predefined mailboxes in this namespace.")) (define (serialize-namespace-configuration field-name val) (format #t "namespace ~a {\n" (namespace-configuration-name val)) (serialize-configuration val (cdr namespace-configuration-fields)) (format #t "}\n")) (define (list-of-namespace-configuration? val) (and (list? val) (and-map namespace-configuration? val))) (define (serialize-list-of-namespace-configuration field-name val) (for-each (lambda (val) (serialize-namespace-configuration field-name val)) val)) (define-configuration dovecot-configuration (dovecot (package dovecot) "The dovecot package.") (listen (comma-separated-string-list '("*" "::")) "A list of IPs or hosts where to listen in for connections. @samp{*} listens in all IPv4 interfaces, @samp{::} listens in all IPv6 interfaces. If you want to specify non-default ports or anything more complex, customize the address and port fields of the @samp{inet-listener} of the specific services you are interested in.") (protocols (protocol-configuration-list (list (protocol-configuration (name "imap")))) "List of protocols we want to serve. Available protocols include @samp{imap}, @samp{pop3}, and @samp{lmtp}.") (services (service-configuration-list (list (service-configuration (kind "imap-login") (listeners (list (inet-listener-configuration (protocol "imap") (port 143) (ssl? #f)) (inet-listener-configuration (protocol "imaps") (port 993) (ssl? #t))))) (service-configuration (kind "pop3-login") (listeners (list (inet-listener-configuration (protocol "pop3") (port 110) (ssl? #f)) (inet-listener-configuration (protocol "pop3s") (port 995) (ssl? #t))))) (service-configuration (kind "lmtp") (listeners (list (unix-listener-configuration (path "lmtp") (mode "0666"))))) (service-configuration (kind "imap")) (service-configuration (kind "pop3")) (service-configuration (kind "auth") ;; In what could be taken to be a bug, the default value of 1 for ;; service-count makes it so that a PAM auth worker can't fork off ;; subprocesses for making blocking queries. The result is that nobody ;; can log in -- very secure, but not very useful! If we simply omit ;; the service-count, it will default to the value of ;; auth-worker-max-count, which is 30, instead of defaulting to 1, which ;; is the default for all other services. As a hack, bump this value to ;; 30. (service-count 30) (listeners (list (unix-listener-configuration (path "auth-userdb"))))) (service-configuration (kind "auth-worker")) (service-configuration (kind "dict") (listeners (list (unix-listener-configuration (path "dict"))))))) "List of services to enable. Available services include @samp{imap}, @samp{imap-login}, @samp{pop3}, @samp{pop3-login}, @samp{auth}, and @samp{lmtp}.") (dict (dict-configuration (dict-configuration)) "Dict configuration, as created by the @code{dict-configuration} constructor.") (passdbs (passdb-configuration-list (list (passdb-configuration (driver "pam")))) "List of passdb configurations, each one created by the @code{passdb-configuration} constructor.") (userdbs (userdb-configuration-list (list (userdb-configuration (driver "passwd")))) "List of userdb configurations, each one created by the @code{userdb-configuration} constructor.") (plugin-configuration (plugin-configuration (plugin-configuration)) "Plug-in configuration, created by the @code{plugin-configuration} constructor.") (namespaces (list-of-namespace-configuration (list (namespace-configuration (name "inbox") (prefix "") (inbox? #t) (mailboxes (list (mailbox-configuration (name "Drafts") (special-use '("\\Drafts"))) (mailbox-configuration (name "Junk") (special-use '("\\Junk"))) (mailbox-configuration (name "Trash") (special-use '("\\Trash"))) (mailbox-configuration (name "Sent") (special-use '("\\Sent"))) (mailbox-configuration (name "Sent Messages") (special-use '("\\Sent"))) (mailbox-configuration (name "Drafts") (special-use '("\\Drafts")))))))) "List of namespaces. Each item in the list is created by the @code{namespace-configuration} constructor.") (base-dir (file-name "/var/run/dovecot/") "Base directory where to store runtime data.") (login-greeting (string "Dovecot ready.") "Greeting message for clients.") (login-trusted-networks (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of trusted network ranges. Connections from these IPs are allowed to override their IP addresses and ports (for logging and for authentication checks). @samp{disable-plaintext-auth} is also ignored for these networks. Typically you'd specify your IMAP proxy servers here.") (login-access-sockets (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of login access check sockets (e.g. tcpwrap).") (verbose-proctitle? (boolean #f) "Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes (e.g. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts).") (shutdown-clients? (boolean #t) "Should all processes be killed when Dovecot master process shuts down. Setting this to @code{#f} means that Dovecot can be upgraded without forcing existing client connections to close (although that could also be a problem if the upgrade is e.g. because of a security fix).") (doveadm-worker-count (non-negative-integer 0) "If non-zero, run mail commands via this many connections to doveadm server, instead of running them directly in the same process.") (doveadm-socket-path (string "doveadm-server") "UNIX socket or host:port used for connecting to doveadm server.") (import-environment (space-separated-string-list '("TZ")) "List of environment variables that are preserved on Dovecot startup and passed down to all of its child processes. You can also give key=value pairs to always set specific settings.") ;;; Authentication processes (disable-plaintext-auth? (boolean #t) "Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that if the remote IP matches the local IP (i.e. you're connecting from the same computer), the connection is considered secure and plaintext authentication is allowed. See also ssl=required setting.") (auth-cache-size (non-negative-integer 0) "Authentication cache size (e.g. @samp{#e10e6}). 0 means it's disabled. Note that bsdauth, PAM and vpopmail require @samp{cache-key} to be set for caching to be used.") (auth-cache-ttl (string "1 hour") "Time to live for cached data. After TTL expires the cached record is no longer used, *except* if the main database lookup returns internal failure. We also try to handle password changes automatically: If user's previous authentication was successful, but this one wasn't, the cache isn't used. For now this works only with plaintext authentication.") (auth-cache-negative-ttl (string "1 hour") "TTL for negative hits (user not found, password mismatch). 0 disables caching them completely.") (auth-realms (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that need them. You can leave it empty if you don't want to support multiple realms. Many clients simply use the first one listed here, so keep the default realm first.") (auth-default-realm (string "") "Default realm/domain to use if none was specified. This is used for both SASL realms and appending @@domain to username in plaintext logins.") (auth-username-chars (string "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@") "List of allowed characters in username. If the user-given username contains a character not listed in here, the login automatically fails. This is just an extra check to make sure user can't exploit any potential quote escaping vulnerabilities with SQL/LDAP databases. If you want to allow all characters, set this value to empty.") (auth-username-translation (string "") "Username character translations before it's looked up from databases. The value contains series of from -> to characters. For example @samp{#@@/@@} means that @samp{#} and @samp{/} characters are translated to @samp{@@}.") (auth-username-format (string "%Lu") "Username formatting before it's looked up from databases. You can use the standard variables here, e.g. %Lu would lowercase the username, %n would drop away the domain if it was given, or @samp{%n-AT-%d} would change the @samp{@@} into @samp{-AT-}. This translation is done after @samp{auth-username-translation} changes.") (auth-master-user-separator (string "") "If you want to allow master users to log in by specifying the master username within the normal username string (i.e. not using SASL mechanism's support for it), you can specify the separator character here. The format is then . UW-IMAP uses @samp{*} as the separator, so that could be a good choice.") (auth-anonymous-username (string "anonymous") "Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism.") (auth-worker-max-count (non-negative-integer 30) "Maximum number of dovecot-auth worker processes. They're used to execute blocking passdb and userdb queries (e.g. MySQL and PAM). They're automatically created and destroyed as needed.") (auth-gssapi-hostname (string "") "Host name to use in GSSAPI principal names. The default is to use the name returned by gethostname(). Use @samp{$ALL} (with quotes) to allow all keytab entries.") (auth-krb5-keytab (string "") "Kerberos keytab to use for the GSSAPI mechanism. Will use the system default (usually /etc/krb5.keytab) if not specified. You may need to change the auth service to run as root to be able to read this file.") (auth-use-winbind? (boolean #f) "Do NTLM and GSS-SPNEGO authentication using Samba's winbind daemon and @samp{ntlm-auth} helper. .") (auth-winbind-helper-path (file-name "/usr/bin/ntlm_auth") "Path for Samba's @samp{ntlm-auth} helper binary.") (auth-failure-delay (string "2 secs") "Time to delay before replying to failed authentications.") (auth-ssl-require-client-cert? (boolean #f) "Require a valid SSL client certificate or the authentication fails.") (auth-ssl-username-from-cert? (boolean #f) "Take the username from client's SSL certificate, using @code{X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID()} which returns the subject's DN's CommonName.") (auth-mechanisms (space-separated-string-list '("plain")) "List of wanted authentication mechanisms. Supported mechanisms are: @samp{plain}, @samp{login}, @samp{digest-md5}, @samp{cram-md5}, @samp{ntlm}, @samp{rpa}, @samp{apop}, @samp{anonymous}, @samp{gssapi}, @samp{otp}, @samp{skey}, and @samp{gss-spnego}. NOTE: See also @samp{disable-plaintext-auth} setting.") (director-servers (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of IPs or hostnames to all director servers, including ourself. Ports can be specified as ip:port. The default port is the same as what director service's @samp{inet-listener} is using.") (director-mail-servers (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of IPs or hostnames to all backend mail servers. Ranges are allowed too, like 10.0.0.10-10.0.0.30.") (director-user-expire (string "15 min") "How long to redirect users to a specific server after it no longer has any connections.") (director-doveadm-port (non-negative-integer 0) "TCP/IP port that accepts doveadm connections (instead of director connections) If you enable this, you'll also need to add @samp{inet-listener} for the port.") (director-username-hash (string "%Lu") "How the username is translated before being hashed. Useful values include %Ln if user can log in with or without @@domain, %Ld if mailboxes are shared within domain.") ;;; Log destination. (log-path (string "syslog") "Log file to use for error messages. @samp{syslog} logs to syslog, @samp{/dev/stderr} logs to stderr.") (info-log-path (string "") "Log file to use for informational messages. Defaults to @samp{log-path}.") (debug-log-path (string "") "Log file to use for debug messages. Defaults to @samp{info-log-path}.") (syslog-facility (string "mail") "Syslog facility to use if you're logging to syslog. Usually if you don't want to use @samp{mail}, you'll use local0..local7. Also other standard facilities are supported.") (auth-verbose? (boolean #f) "Log unsuccessful authentication attempts and the reasons why they failed.") (auth-verbose-passwords? (boolean #f) "In case of password mismatches, log the attempted password. Valid values are no, plain and sha1. sha1 can be useful for detecting brute force password attempts vs. user simply trying the same password over and over again. You can also truncate the value to n chars by appending \":n\" (e.g. sha1:6).") (auth-debug? (boolean #f) "Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes. Shows for example SQL queries.") (auth-debug-passwords? (boolean #f) "In case of password mismatches, log the passwords and used scheme so the problem can be debugged. Enabling this also enables @samp{auth-debug}.") (mail-debug? (boolean #f) "Enable mail process debugging. This can help you figure out why Dovecot isn't finding your mails.") (verbose-ssl? (boolean #f) "Show protocol level SSL errors.") (log-timestamp (string "\"%b %d %H:%M:%S \"") "Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3) format.") (login-log-format-elements (space-separated-string-list '("user=<%u>" "method=%m" "rip=%r" "lip=%l" "mpid=%e" "%c")) "List of elements we want to log. The elements which have a non-empty variable value are joined together to form a comma-separated string.") (login-log-format (string "%$: %s") "Login log format. %s contains @samp{login-log-format-elements} string, %$ contains the data we want to log.") (mail-log-prefix (string "\"%s(%u): \"") "Log prefix for mail processes. See doc/wiki/Variables.txt for list of possible variables you can use.") (deliver-log-format (string "msgid=%m: %$") "Format to use for logging mail deliveries. You can use variables: @table @code @item %$ Delivery status message (e.g. @samp{saved to INBOX}) @item %m Message-ID @item %s Subject @item %f From address @item %p Physical size @item %w Virtual size. @end table") ;;; Mailbox locations and namespaces (mail-location (string "") "Location for users' mailboxes. The default is empty, which means that Dovecot tries to find the mailboxes automatically. This won't work if the user doesn't yet have any mail, so you should explicitly tell Dovecot the full location. If you're using mbox, giving a path to the INBOX file (e.g. /var/mail/%u) isn't enough. You'll also need to tell Dovecot where the other mailboxes are kept. This is called the \"root mail directory\", and it must be the first path given in the @samp{mail-location} setting. There are a few special variables you can use, eg.: @table @samp @item %u username @item %n user part in user@@domain, same as %u if there's no domain @item %d domain part in user@@domain, empty if there's no domain @item %h home director @end table See doc/wiki/Variables.txt for full list. Some examples: @table @samp @item maildir:~/Maildir @item mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u @item mbox:/var/mail/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%1n/% @end table") (mail-uid (string "") "System user and group used to access mails. If you use multiple, userdb can override these by returning uid or gid fields. You can use either numbers or names. .") (mail-gid (string "") "") (mail-privileged-group (string "") "Group to enable temporarily for privileged operations. Currently this is used only with INBOX when either its initial creation or dotlocking fails. Typically this is set to \"mail\" to give access to /var/mail.") (mail-access-groups (string "") "Grant access to these supplementary groups for mail processes. Typically these are used to set up access to shared mailboxes. Note that it may be dangerous to set these if users can create symlinks (e.g. if \"mail\" group is set here, ln -s /var/mail ~/mail/var could allow a user to delete others' mailboxes, or ln -s /secret/shared/box ~/mail/mybox would allow reading it).") (mail-full-filesystem-access? (boolean #f) "Allow full file system access to clients. There's no access checks other than what the operating system does for the active UID/GID. It works with both maildir and mboxes, allowing you to prefix mailboxes names with e.g. /path/ or ~user/.") ;;; Mail processes (mmap-disable? (boolean #f) "Don't use mmap() at all. This is required if you store indexes to shared file systems (NFS or clustered file system).") (dotlock-use-excl? (boolean #t) "Rely on @samp{O_EXCL} to work when creating dotlock files. NFS supports @samp{O_EXCL} since version 3, so this should be safe to use nowadays by default.") (mail-fsync (string "optimized") "When to use fsync() or fdatasync() calls: @table @code @item optimized Whenever necessary to avoid losing important data @item always Useful with e.g. NFS when write()s are delayed @item never Never use it (best performance, but crashes can lose data). @end table") (mail-nfs-storage? (boolean #f) "Mail storage exists in NFS. Set this to yes to make Dovecot flush NFS caches whenever needed. If you're using only a single mail server this isn't needed.") (mail-nfs-index? (boolean #f) "Mail index files also exist in NFS. Setting this to yes requires @samp{mmap-disable? #t} and @samp{fsync-disable? #f}.") (lock-method (string "fcntl") "Locking method for index files. Alternatives are fcntl, flock and dotlock. Dotlocking uses some tricks which may create more disk I/O than other locking methods. NFS users: flock doesn't work, remember to change @samp{mmap-disable}.") (mail-temp-dir (file-name "/tmp") "Directory in which LDA/LMTP temporarily stores incoming mails >128 kB.") (first-valid-uid (non-negative-integer 500) "Valid UID range for users. This is mostly to make sure that users can't log in as daemons or other system users. Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to dovecot binary and can't be done even if @samp{first-valid-uid} is set to 0.") (last-valid-uid (non-negative-integer 0) "") (first-valid-gid (non-negative-integer 1) "Valid GID range for users. Users having non-valid GID as primary group ID aren't allowed to log in. If user belongs to supplementary groups with non-valid GIDs, those groups are not set.") (last-valid-gid (non-negative-integer 0) "") (mail-max-keyword-length (non-negative-integer 50) "Maximum allowed length for mail keyword name. It's only forced when trying to create new keywords.") (valid-chroot-dirs (colon-separated-file-name-list '()) "List of directories under which chrooting is allowed for mail processes (i.e. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too). This setting doesn't affect @samp{login-chroot} @samp{mail-chroot} or auth chroot settings. If this setting is empty, \"/./\" in home dirs are ignored. WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't allow shell access for users. .") (mail-chroot (string "") "Default chroot directory for mail processes. This can be overridden for specific users in user database by giving /./ in user's home directory (e.g. /home/./user chroots into /home). Note that usually there is no real need to do chrooting, Dovecot doesn't allow users to access files outside their mail directory anyway. If your home directories are prefixed with the chroot directory, append \"/.\" to @samp{mail-chroot}. .") (auth-socket-path (file-name "/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb") "UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users. This is used by imap (for shared users) and lda.") (mail-plugin-dir (file-name "/usr/lib/dovecot") "Directory where to look up mail plugins.") (mail-plugins (space-separated-string-list '()) "List of plugins to load for all services. Plugins specific to IMAP, LDA, etc. are added to this list in their own .conf files.") (mail-cache-min-mail-count (non-negative-integer 0) "The minimum number of mails in a mailbox before updates are done to cache file. This allows optimizing Dovecot's behavior to do less disk writes at the cost of more disk reads.") (mailbox-idle-check-interval (string "30 secs") "When IDLE command is running, mailbox is checked once in a while to see if there are any new mails or other changes. This setting defines the minimum time to wait between those checks. Dovecot can also use dnotify, inotify and kqueue to find out immediately when changes occur.") (mail-save-crlf? (boolean #f) "Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD. But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower. Also note that if other software reads the mboxes/maildirs, they may handle the extra CRs wrong and cause problems.") (maildir-stat-dirs? (boolean #f) "By default LIST command returns all entries in maildir beginning with a dot. Enabling this option makes Dovecot return only entries which are directories. This is done by stat()ing each entry, so it causes more disk I/O. (For systems setting struct @samp{dirent->d_type} this check is free and it's done always regardless of this setting).") (maildir-copy-with-hardlinks? (boolean #t) "When copying a message, do it with hard links whenever possible. This makes the performance much better, and it's unlikely to have any side effects.") (maildir-very-dirty-syncs? (boolean #f) "Assume Dovecot is the only MUA accessing Maildir: Scan cur/ directory only when its mtime changes unexpectedly or when we can't find the mail otherwise.") (mbox-read-locks (space-separated-string-list '("fcntl")) "Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. There are four available: @table @code @item dotlock Create .lock file. This is the oldest and most NFS-safe solution. If you want to use /var/mail/ like directory, the users will need write access to that directory. @item dotlock-try Same as dotlock, but if it fails because of permissions or because there isn't enough disk space, just skip it. @item fcntl Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used. @item flock May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS. @item lockf May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS. @end table You can use multiple locking methods; if you do the order they're declared in is important to avoid deadlocks if other MTAs/MUAs are using multiple locking methods as well. Some operating systems don't allow using some of them simultaneously.") (mbox-write-locks (space-separated-string-list '("dotlock" "fcntl")) "") (mbox-lock-timeout (string "5 mins") "Maximum time to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting.") (mbox-dotlock-change-timeout (string "2 mins") "If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the lock file after this much time.") (mbox-dirty-syncs? (boolean #t) "When mbox changes unexpectedly we have to fully read it to find out what changed. If the mbox is large this can take a long time. Since the change is usually just a newly appended mail, it'd be faster to simply read the new mails. If this setting is enabled, Dovecot does this but still safely fallbacks to re-reading the whole mbox file whenever something in mbox isn't how it's expected to be. The only real downside to this setting is that if some other MUA changes message flags, Dovecot doesn't notice it immediately. Note that a full sync is done with SELECT, EXAMINE, EXPUNGE and CHECK commands.") (mbox-very-dirty-syncs? (boolean #f) "Like @samp{mbox-dirty-syncs}, but don't do full syncs even with SELECT, EXAMINE, EXPUNGE or CHECK commands. If this is set, @samp{mbox-dirty-syncs} is ignored.") (mbox-lazy-writes? (boolean #t) "Delay writing mbox headers until doing a full write sync (EXPUNGE and CHECK commands and when closing the mailbox). This is especially useful for POP3 where clients often delete all mails. The downside is that our changes aren't immediately visible to other MUAs.") (mbox-min-index-size (non-negative-integer 0) "If mbox size is smaller than this (e.g. 100k), don't write index files. If an index file already exists it's still read, just not updated.") (mdbox-rotate-size (non-negative-integer #e2e6) "Maximum dbox file size until it's rotated.") (mdbox-rotate-interval (string "1d") "Maximum dbox file age until it's rotated. Typically in days. Day begins from midnight, so 1d = today, 2d = yesterday, etc. 0 = check disabled.") (mdbox-preallocate-space? (boolean #f) "When creating new mdbox files, immediately preallocate their size to @samp{mdbox-rotate-size}. This setting currently works only in Linux with some file systems (ext4, xfs).") (mail-attachment-dir (string "") "sdbox and mdbox support saving mail attachments to external files, which also allows single instance storage for them. Other backends don't support this for now. WARNING: This feature hasn't been tested much yet. Use at your own risk. Directory root where to store mail attachments. Disabled, if empty.") (mail-attachment-min-size (non-negative-integer #e128e3) "Attachments smaller than this aren't saved externally. It's also possible to write a plugin to disable saving specific attachments externally.") (mail-attachment-fs (string "sis posix") "File system backend to use for saving attachments: @table @code @item posix No SiS done by Dovecot (but this might help FS's own deduplication) @item sis posix SiS with immediate byte-by-byte comparison during saving @item sis-queue posix SiS with delayed comparison and deduplication. @end table") (mail-attachment-hash (string "%{sha1}") "Hash format to use in attachment filenames. You can add any text and variables: @code{%@{md4@}}, @code{%@{md5@}}, @code{%@{sha1@}}, @code{%@{sha256@}}, @code{%@{sha512@}}, @code{%@{size@}}. Variables can be truncated, e.g. @code{%@{sha256:80@}} returns only first 80 bits.") (default-process-limit (non-negative-integer 100) "") (default-client-limit (non-negative-integer 1000) "") (default-vsz-limit (non-negative-integer #e256e6) "Default VSZ (virtual memory size) limit for service processes. This is mainly intended to catch and kill processes that leak memory before they eat up everything.") (default-login-user (string "dovenull") "Login user is internally used by login processes. This is the most untrusted user in Dovecot system. It shouldn't have access to anything at all.") (default-internal-user (string "dovecot") "Internal user is used by unprivileged processes. It should be separate from login user, so that login processes can't disturb other processes.") (ssl? (string "required") "SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required. .") (ssl-cert (string ". %d expands to recipient domain.") (hostname (string "") "Hostname to use in various parts of sent mails (e.g. in Message-Id) and in LMTP replies. Default is the system's real hostname@@domain.") (quota-full-tempfail? (boolean #f) "If user is over quota, return with temporary failure instead of bouncing the mail.") (sendmail-path (file-name "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "Binary to use for sending mails.") (submission-host (string "") "If non-empty, send mails via this SMTP host[:port] instead of sendmail.") (rejection-subject (string "Rejected: %s") "Subject: header to use for rejection mails. You can use the same variables as for @samp{rejection-reason} below.") (rejection-reason (string "Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r") "Human readable error message for rejection mails. You can use variables: @table @code @item %n CRLF @item %r reason @item %s original subject @item %t recipient @end table") (recipient-delimiter (string "+") "Delimiter character between local-part and detail in email address.") (lda-original-recipient-header (string "") "Header where the original recipient address (SMTP's RCPT TO: address) is taken from if not available elsewhere. With dovecot-lda -a parameter overrides this. A commonly used header for this is X-Original-To.") (lda-mailbox-autocreate? (boolean #f) "Should saving a mail to a nonexistent mailbox automatically create it?.") (lda-mailbox-autosubscribe? (boolean #f) "Should automatically created mailboxes be also automatically subscribed?.") (imap-max-line-length (non-negative-integer #e64e3) "Maximum IMAP command line length. Some clients generate very long command lines with huge mailboxes, so you may need to raise this if you get \"Too long argument\" or \"IMAP command line too large\" errors often.") (imap-logout-format (string "in=%i out=%o") "IMAP logout format string: @table @code @item %i total number of bytes read from client @item %o total number of bytes sent to client. @end table") (imap-capability (string "") "Override the IMAP CAPABILITY response. If the value begins with '+', add the given capabilities on top of the defaults (e.g. +XFOO XBAR).") (imap-idle-notify-interval (string "2 mins") "How long to wait between \"OK Still here\" notifications when client is IDLEing.") (imap-id-send (string "") "ID field names and values to send to clients. Using * as the value makes Dovecot use the default value. The following fields have default values currently: name, version, os, os-version, support-url, support-email.") (imap-id-log (string "") "ID fields sent by client to log. * means everything.") (imap-client-workarounds (space-separated-string-list '()) "Workarounds for various client bugs: @table @code @item delay-newmail Send EXISTS/RECENT new mail notifications only when replying to NOOP and CHECK commands. Some clients ignore them otherwise, for example OSX Mail ( for CONFIG." (let* ((config-str (cond ((opaque-dovecot-configuration? config) (opaque-dovecot-configuration-string config)) (else (with-output-to-string (lambda () (serialize-configuration config dovecot-configuration-fields)))))) (config-file (plain-file "dovecot.conf" config-str)) (dovecot (if (opaque-dovecot-configuration? config) (opaque-dovecot-configuration-dovecot config) (dovecot-configuration-dovecot config)))) (list (shepherd-service (documentation "Run the Dovecot POP3/IMAP mail server.") (provision '(dovecot)) (requirement '(networking)) (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor (list (string-append #$dovecot "/sbin/dovecot") "-F" "-c" #$config-file))) (stop #~(make-forkexec-constructor (list (string-append #$dovecot "/sbin/dovecot") "-c" #$config-file "stop"))))))) (define %dovecot-pam-services (list (unix-pam-service "dovecot"))) (define dovecot-service-type (service-type (name 'dovecot) (extensions (list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type dovecot-shepherd-service) (service-extension account-service-type (const %dovecot-accounts)) (service-extension pam-root-service-type (const %dovecot-pam-services)) (service-extension activation-service-type (const %dovecot-activation)))))) (define* (dovecot-service #:key (config (dovecot-configuration))) "Return a service that runs @command{dovecot}, a mail server that can run POP3, IMAP, and LMTP. @var{config} should be a configuration object created by @code{dovecot-configuration}. @var{config} may also be created by @code{opaque-dovecot-configuration}, which allows specification of the @code{dovecot.conf} as a string." (validate-configuration config (if (opaque-dovecot-configuration? config) opaque-dovecot-configuration-fields dovecot-configuration-fields)) (service dovecot-service-type config)) ;; A little helper to make it easier to document all those fields. (define (generate-dovecot-documentation) (generate-documentation `((dovecot-configuration ,dovecot-configuration-fields (dict dict-configuration) (namespaces namespace-configuration) (plugin plugin-configuration) (passdbs passdb-configuration) (userdbs userdb-configuration) (services service-configuration) (protocols protocol-configuration)) (dict-configuration ,dict-configuration-fields) (plugin-configuration ,plugin-configuration-fields) (passdb-configuration ,passdb-configuration-fields) (userdb-configuration ,userdb-configuration-fields) (unix-listener-configuration ,unix-listener-configuration-fields) (fifo-listener-configuration ,fifo-listener-configuration-fields) (inet-listener-configuration ,inet-listener-configuration-fields) (namespace-configuration ,namespace-configuration-fields (mailboxes mailbox-configuration)) (mailbox-configuration ,mailbox-configuration-fields) (service-configuration ,service-configuration-fields (listeners unix-listener-configuration fifo-listener-configuration inet-listener-configuration)) (protocol-configuration ,protocol-configuration-fields)) 'dovecot-configuration)) ;;; ;;; OpenSMTPD. ;;; (define-record-type* opensmtpd-configuration make-opensmtpd-configuration opensmtpd-configuration? (package opensmtpd-configuration-package (default opensmtpd)) (config-file opensmtpd-configuration-config-file (default %default-opensmtpd-config-file))) (define %default-opensmtpd-config-file (plain-file "smtpd.conf" " listen on lo accept from any for local deliver to mbox accept from local for any relay ")) (define opensmtpd-shepherd-service (match-lambda (($ package config-file) (list (shepherd-service (provision '(smtpd)) (requirement '(loopback)) (documentation "Run the OpenSMTPD daemon.") (start (let ((smtpd (file-append package "/sbin/smtpd"))) #~(make-forkexec-constructor (list #$smtpd "-f" #$config-file) #:pid-file "/var/run/smtpd.pid"))) (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))))) (define %opensmtpd-accounts (list (user-group (name "smtpq") (system? #t)) (user-account (name "smtpd") (group "nogroup") (system? #t) (comment "SMTP Daemon") (home-directory "/var/empty") (shell (file-append shadow "/sbin/nologin"))) (user-account (name "smtpq") (group "smtpq") (system? #t) (comment "SMTPD Queue") (home-directory "/var/empty") (shell (file-append shadow "/sbin/nologin"))))) (define opensmtpd-activation (match-lambda (($ package config-file) (let ((smtpd (file-append package "/sbin/smtpd"))) #~(begin (use-modules (guix build utils)) ;; Create mbox and spool directories. (mkdir-p "/var/mail") (mkdir-p "/var/spool/smtpd") (chmod "/var/spool/smtpd" #o711)))))) (define opensmtpd-service-type (service-type (name 'opensmtpd) (extensions (list (service-extension account-service-type (const %opensmtpd-accounts)) (service-extension activation-service-type opensmtpd-activation) (service-extension profile-service-type (compose list opensmtpd-configuration-package)) (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type opensmtpd-shepherd-service)))))