Solved: Kolab 3.4 and Vacation autoresponder

Homer Dokes hdokes at mail.inct.net
Fri Sep 8 02:10:07 CEST 2017


On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 11:01:31AM -0400, Homer Dokes wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 09:32:19AM +0300, Liutauras Adomaitis wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 2017 m. rugpj??io 30 d., tre?iadienis 21:58:51 EEST Homer Dokes wrote:
> > > On 8/30/2017 2:14 PM, Homer Dokes wrote:
> > > > On 8/30/2017 1:40 PM, Lance Charette wrote:
> > > >> On 8/29/2017 5:33 AM, Liutauras Adomaitis wrote:
> > > >>> Hi,
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> On 2017 m. rugpj??io 29 d., antradienis 03:13:14 EEST Homer Dokes wrote:
> > > >>>> Greetings,
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> After updating Kolab 3.4, through apt-get update, the vacation auto
> > > >>>> responder is no longer available for that matter.  I should add that
> > > >>>> prior to the update the feature never worked for responding to any
> > > >>>> outside emails.  It only ever worked for email addresses that were
> > > >>>> local
> > > >>>> to the server... .i.e. from the same domain.  Prior to the update there
> > > >>>> was a pre-defined vacation option in the filters setup.  This is no
> > > >>>> longer there.  Further, any attempt to create a new filter named
> > > >>>> vacation and using the "Reply with message" execution on all messages
> > > >>>> results in nothing happening.  I get no log feedback and no message is
> > > >>>> sent back to the sender.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> I can confirm that timsieved is running as I can perform 'telnet
> > > >>>> localhost sieve' from the email server's command line and I do get a
> > > >>>> connection.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> When I set up the new filter and save I can see the output of the save
> > > >>>> being logged during compiling in the /var/log/roundcubemail/sieve log
> > > >>>> file.  That's the ONLY time anything ever gets logged related to sieve.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> Can anyone speak to how auto replies for vacation purposes are suppose
> > > >>>> to work in the Kolab 3.4 environment?  Anything I can find online is
> > > >>>> all
> > > >>>> over the map and none of what I have found speaks to the kolab 3.4
> > > >>>> environment specifically.  Shouldn't I be able see something logged
> > > >>>> from
> > > >>>> Sieve when it's filters are executing?  How does Kolab tie Sieve into
> > > >>>> cyrus to force the filter?
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> The server is running Debian 7.0 with the Kolab 3.4 community edition.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> This is a huge issue for my clients and may force us to go to some
> > > >>>> other
> > > >>>> email hosting system if we can not overcome it in Kolab.  Any
> > > >>>> assistance
> > > >>>> would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>> >From Roundcube point of view the vacation settings item can be enabled
> > > >>> >in /
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> etc/roundcubemail/managesieve.inc.php file:
> > > >>> // Enables separate management interface for vacation responses (out-of-
> > > >>> office)
> > > >>> // 0 - no separate section (default),
> > > >>> // 1 - add Vacation section,
> > > >>> // 2 - add Vacation section, but hide Filters section
> > > >>> $config['managesieve_vacation'] = 1;
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> Vacations autoresponse usually "just work", but:
> > > >>> - you should make sure /etc/imapd.conf has necessary extensions enabled
> > > >>> with parameter sieve_extensions
> > > >>> - you should define email addresses emails to which should be responded
> > > >>> with vacation message. Rounudcube Vacation config tool has that in
> > > >>> advanced settings.
> > > >>> - you should make sure vacation responder is enabled as sieve filter.
> > > >>> After
> > > >>> creating vacation responder chec <sieve_dir parameter value>/domain/e/
> > > >>> excample.com/t/test^user/ directory. Check if sieve filter is created
> > > >>> and if it is included in the filters main file.
> > > >>> - I'm not sure if you should see anything in the logs, but you should
> > > >>> definetly see a new email generated by IMAP server - a auto-response
> > > >>> email.
> > > >>> Cyrus use sendmail parameter in /etc/imapd.conf to call binary to
> > > >>> generate new email.
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> Liutauras
> > > >> 
> > > >> Hello Liutauras,
> > > >> 
> > > >> Thank you for your response.  I really appreciate it.  Here's what I
> > > >> have found when checking against your list:
> > > >> 
> > > >> 1. $config['managesieve_vacation'] = 1 -Found this set to 0. Once I set
> > > >> it back to 1 the vacation option appeared in the roundcubemail settings
> > > >> list and could be edited.
> > > >> 
> > > >> 2. In the /etc/imapd.conf file I have this which I think is what you were
> > > >> looking for:sieve_extensions: fileinto reject envelope body vacation
> > > >> imapflags notify include regex subaddress relational copy date index
> > > >> 
> > > >> 3. The vacation responder is enabled as a sieve filter and does show
> > > >> up in the users active sieve script with the latest edits.
> > > >> 
> > > >> 4. When users within the email domain send each other email the
> > > >> vacation auto responder triggers and does send out the message.  Here
> > > >> is a snippit from my syslog showing the response is logged:
> > > >> 
> > > >>   Aug 30 13:25:11 mail postfix/lmtp[867]: C852A20A7:
> > > >> to=<userA at lcent.com>,
> > > >> relay=mail.lcent.com[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=0.35,
> > > >> delays=0.03/0.04/0/0.27, dsn=2.1.5, status=sent (250 2.1.5 Ok
> > > >> SESSIONID=<mail.lcent.com-861-1504113910-1-3775082477817360626>)
> > > >> 
> > > >> When users receive outside the email domain, then no response is set
> > > >> and there is no corresponding message in syslog.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Is there a setting that makes a difference for externally originated
> > > >> emails?  Is there some log we can review to identify if cyrus is
> > > >> actually employing the sieve filter on external emails?
> > > > 
> > > > Here is a more complete snippet of the syslog entries that pertain to
> > > > the successful vacation response for an internal test mail.  My son
> > > > indicated I should be more careful about scrubbing private info from
> > > > logs before pasting them on a mailing list. As an exercise to build up
> > > > that habit, I've changed the mail addresses in the logs to redact them.
> > > > 
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:09 mail imap[615]: login: localhost [::1]
> > > >     test-user at example.com PLAIN+TLS User logged in
> > > >     SESSIONID=<mail.example.com-615-1504113909-1-11718444001764406470>
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:09 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[847]: DD8AA20A0:
> > > >     client=mail.example.com[127.0.0.1], sasl_method=LOGIN,
> > > >     sasl_username=test-user at example.com
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]: DD8AA20A0:
> > > >     from=<test-user at example.com>, size=416, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]: 464A120A5:
> > > >     from=<test-user at example.com>, size=416, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail amavis[63993]: (63993-19) Passed CLEAN
> > > >     {RelayedInternal}, LOCAL [127.0.0.1]:44008 <test-user at example.com>
> > > >     -> <hdokes at example.com>, Queue-ID: DD8AA20A0, Message-ID:
> > > >     <e0879380e0f20d1f78fe940f218dba87 at example.com>, mail_id:
> > > >     S5M21lGIAZg2, Hits: -, size: 416, queued_as: 464A120A5, 297 ms
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail imap[615]: USAGE test-user at example.com user:
> > > >     0.012001 sys: 0.008001
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]: 6D82320A0:
> > > >     from=<test-user at example.com>, size=524, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail postfix/smtp[857]: BC14C20A5:
> > > >     to=<test-user at example.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10026,
> > > >     delay=0.09, delays=0.08/0/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok)
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail amavis[728]: (00728-02) Passed CLEAN
> > > >     {RelayedInbound}, <> -> <test-user at example.com>, Message-ID:
> > > >     <cmu-sieve-754-1504113910-0 at mail.example.com>, mail_id:
> > > >     dlqzjee0pGKq, Hits: -, size: 603, queued_as: BC14C20A5, 151 ms
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:10 mail postfix/smtp[853]: 94C8F20A7:
> > > >     to=<test-user at example.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024,
> > > >     delay=0.24, delays=0.09/0/0/0.15, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250
> > > >     2.0.0 from MTA(smtp:[127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as
> > > >     BC14C20A5)
> > > >     Aug 30 13:25:11 mail postfix/lmtp[867]: C852A20A7:
> > > >     to=<test-user at example.com>,
> > > >     relay=mail.example.com[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=0.35,
> > > >     delays=0.03/0.04/0/0.27, dsn=2.1.5, status=sent (250 2.1.5 Ok
> > > >     SESSIONID=<mail.example.com-861-1504113910-1-3775082477817360626>)
> > > > 
> > > > I'll try to catch similar logs for an external email test for comparison.
> > > 
> > > Here is a log snippet when testing for a vacation response to an
> > > external address.  The external domain is not gmail.com (more redaction
> > > practice), but instead a separate kolab 3.4 server I maintain.
> > > 
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:10 mail postfix/smtpd[2198]:   connect from
> > >     unknown[192.168.70.171]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/smtpd[2198]:   B49DA206A:
> > >     client=unknown[192.168.70.171]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/cleanup[2206]: B49DA206A:
> > >     message-id=<515ef56771f28ed566b1226bda4271ec at gmail.com>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    B49DA206A:
> > >     from=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, size=1635,
> > >     nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/smtpd[2198]:   disconnect from
> > >     unknown[192.168.70.171]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/smtpd[2209]:   connect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/smtpd[2209]:   EDFA620A0:
> > >     client=mail.example.com[127.0.0.1], orig_queue_id=B49DA206A,
> > >     orig_client=unknown[192.168.70.171]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/cleanup[2210]: EDFA620A0:
> > >     message-id=<515ef56771f28ed566b1226bda4271ec at gmail.com>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    EDFA620A0:
> > >     from=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, size=1215,
> > >     nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2209]:   disconnect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail amavis[728]:           (00728-11) Passed CLEAN
> > >     {RelayedInternal}, LOCAL [192.168.70.171]:53110 [97.78.86.98]
> > >     <SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com> ->
> > >     <hdokes at example.com>, Queue-ID: B49DA206A, Message-ID:
> > >     <515ef56771f28ed566b1226bda4271ec at gmail.com>, mail_id: t4STGW5NSFwZ,
> > >     Hits: -, size: 1634, queued_as: EDFA620A0, 218 ms
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtp[2207]:    B49DA206A:
> > >     to=<hdokes at example.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024,
> > >     delay=2.1, delays=1.9/0.01/0/0.22, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0
> > >     from MTA(smtp:[127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as EDFA620A0)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    B49DA206A: removed
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtp[2211]:    EDFA620A0:
> > >     to=<hdokes at example.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10026,
> > >     delay=0.11, delays=0.09/0.02/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    EDFA620A0: removed
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2212]:   connect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2212]:   1EE4C20A0:
> > >     client=mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/cleanup[2210]: 1EE4C20A0:
> > >     message-id=<515ef56771f28ed566b1226bda4271ec at gmail.com>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    1EE4C20A0:
> > >     from=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, size=1218,
> > >     nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2212]:   disconnect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/pickup[606]:   44AD120A4: uid=104 from=<>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/cleanup[2206]: 44AD120A4:
> > >     message-id=<cmu-sieve-2197-1504117453-0 at mail.example.com>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    44AD120A4: from=<>,
> > >     size=643, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2209]:   connect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2209]:   5FDD3206A:
> > >     client=mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/cleanup[2210]: 5FDD3206A:
> > >     message-id=<cmu-sieve-2197-1504117453-0 at mail.example.com>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2209]:   disconnect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    5FDD3206A: from=<>,
> > >     size=643, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtp[2211]:    5FDD3206A:
> > >     to=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>,
> > >     relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10026, delay=0.07, delays=0.07/0/0/0,
> > >     dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    5FDD3206A: removed
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail amavis[876]:           (00876-09) Passed CLEAN
> > >     {RelayedInbound}, <> ->
> > >     <SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, Message-ID:
> > >     <cmu-sieve-2197-1504117453-0 at mail.example.com>, mail_id:
> > >     wXheNo2ZCwTA, Hits: -, size: 643, queued_as: 5FDD3206A, 141 ms
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtp[2207]:    44AD120A4:
> > >     to=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>,
> > >     relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=0.22, delays=0.07/0/0/0.14,
> > >     dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 from MTA(smtp:[127.0.0.1]:10025):
> > >     250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 5FDD3206A)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    44AD120A4: removed
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2212]:   connect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2212]:   74C8020A4:
> > >     client=mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/cleanup[2210]: 74C8020A4:
> > >     message-id=<cmu-sieve-2197-1504117453-0 at mail.example.com>
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail lmtpunix[2197]:        Delivered:
> > >     <515ef56771f28ed566b1226bda4271ec at gmail.com> to mailbox:
> > >     example.com!user.hdokes
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    74C8020A4: from=<>,
> > >     size=766, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/smtpd[2212]:   disconnect from
> > >     mail.example.com[127.0.0.1]
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/local[2219]:   74C8020A4:
> > >     to=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, relay=local,
> > >     delay=0.16, delays=0.07/0.04/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced
> > >     (unknown user: "srs0=c0k5=aa=gmail.com=test-user")
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    74C8020A4: removed
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail lmtpunix[2197]:        USAGE hdokes at example.com
> > >     user: 0.008000 sys: 0.008000
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/lmtp[2213]:    1EE4C20A0:
> > >     to=<hdokes at example.com>,
> > >     relay=mail.example.com[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=0.55,
> > >     delays=0.04/0.04/0/0.47, dsn=2.1.5, status=sent (250 2.1.5 Ok
> > >     SESSIONID=<mail.example.com-2197-1504117453-1-201748317146241090>)
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    1EE4C20A0: removed
> > > 
> > > This bit below strikes me as odd...
> > > 
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:12 mail postfix/qmgr[4092]:    B49DA206A:
> > >     from=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, size=1635,
> > >     nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > > 
> > > ...as I expected the "from" address to be "test-user at gmail.com". I'm not
> > > sure what is mangling the sender address.  Later on it seems the
> > > vacation reply may be attempted, but the reply address is unknown?
> > > 
> > >     Aug 30 14:24:13 mail postfix/local[2219]:   74C8020A4:
> > >     to=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>, relay=local,
> > >     delay=0.16, delays=0.07/0.04/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced
> > >     (unknown user: "srs0=c0k5=aa=gmail.com=test-user")
> > 
> > It looks like the vacation reply message was generated. The message with 
> > message-id=<cmu-sieve-2197-1504117453-0 at mail.example.com> looks like the one. 
> > The message queue ID was 44AD120A4, then 5FDD3206A and then 74C8020A4.
> > It was bounced with error "status=bounced (unknown user: 
> > "srs0=c0k5=aa=gmail.com=test-user")".
> > The next step of the investigation should continue to understand why external 
> > email coming to your server looks like coming from the internal domain:
> > to=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>
> > example.com is your internal domain?
> > 
> > Liutauras
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> Thanks for your insight, Liutauras.
> 
> > example.com is your internal domain?
> 
> Yes, example.com in my log snippets is my internal domain.  I used
> gmail.com to redact the external domain.
> 
> > The next step of the investigation should continue to understand why external 
> > email coming to your server looks like coming from the internal domain:
> > to=<SRS0=c0k5=AA=gmail.com=test-user at example.com>
> 
> I agree.
> 
> Is it safe the say that cyrus will never rewrite the email addresses
> in this fashion?  I wouldn't even know how to turn such a feature on if
> cyrus was capable.
> 
> Maybe this issue might be with an external utility I've tacked on to the
> kolab installation.  I do use Scrollout F1 as my spam filter.  I'll dig
> through the logs and manual for it and see if it's capable of this
> behavior.
> 
> Homer Dokes

Scrollout F1 was my culprit.  Once I disabled SRS [1] in Route > Outbound,
the mangling of external email domains ceased.

Thank you, Liutauras, for your assistance.

Homer Dokes

[1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/scrollout/discussion/1102835/thread/96132e22/


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