I have a Horde Groupware with a Dovecot IMAP Server on Debian Linux running.
Using the Web UI of Horde works well, but I have a problem using ActiveSync.
When using a client app like BlueMail on Android, I do not see the most recent e-mail messages in INBOX.
The activesync log says the following:
[163168][2022-11-11T15:08:44+00:00] >>>: INBOX IMAP PREVIOUS MODSEQ: 190086
This line shows that the LAST time the INBOX was synced, it had a MODSEQ value of 190086. The modseq value reported by the IMAP server must increase anytime there is a message added to the mailbox.
[163168][2022-11-11T15:08:44+00:00] >>>: IMAP status: a:4:{s:8:"messages";i:6874;s:7:"uidnext";i:157933;s:11:"uidvalidity";i:1291740963;s:13:"highestmodseq";i:190086;}
This line shows the CURRENT MODSEQ reported by my IMAP server, showing that the server is not reporting any changed state.
How can that be possible? I got new e-mail in the INBOX, but it's not showing up in the app.
Accessing the IMAP Server directly via Thunderbird, all new e-mail is shown.
It worked before with the Dovecot server on FreeBSD, but I have migrated the Dovecot to Debian Linux.
Any ideas what could be wrong with my Dovecot configuration?
I am using mostly the standard config for Dovecot, especially the IMAP settings.
Here is my imap specific config:
##
## IMAP specific settings
##
# If nothing happens for this long while client is IDLEing, move the connection
# to imap-hibernate process and close the old imap process. This saves memory,
# because connections use very little memory in imap-hibernate process. The
# downside is that recreating the imap process back uses some resources.
#imap_hibernate_timeout = 0
# 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_max_line_length = 64k
# IMAP logout format string:
# %i - total number of bytes read from client
# %o - total number of bytes sent to client
# %{fetch_hdr_count} - Number of mails with mail header data sent to client
# %{fetch_hdr_bytes} - Number of bytes with mail header data sent to client
# %{fetch_body_count} - Number of mails with mail body data sent to client
# %{fetch_body_bytes} - Number of bytes with mail body data sent to client
# %{deleted} - Number of mails where client added \Deleted flag
# %{expunged} - Number of mails that client expunged, which does not
# include automatically expunged mails
# %{autoexpunged} - Number of mails that were automatically expunged after
# client disconnected
# %{trashed} - Number of mails that client copied/moved to the
# special_use=\Trash mailbox.
# %{appended} - Number of mails saved during the session
#imap_logout_format = in=%i out=%o deleted=%{deleted} expunged=%{expunged} \
# trashed=%{trashed} hdr_count=%{fetch_hdr_count} \
# hdr_bytes=%{fetch_hdr_bytes} body_count=%{fetch_body_count} \
# body_bytes=%{fetch_body_bytes}
# Override the IMAP CAPABILITY response. If the value begins with '+',
# add the given capabilities on top of the defaults (e.g. +XFOO XBAR).
#imap_capability =
# How long to wait between "OK Still here" notifications when client is
# IDLEing.
#imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins
# 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,
# revision.
#imap_id_send =
# ID fields sent by client to log. * means everything.
#imap_id_log =
# Workarounds for various client bugs:
# 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 (<v2.1). Outlook Express breaks more badly though, without this it
# may show user "Message no longer in server" errors. Note that OE6 still
# breaks even with this workaround if synchronization is set to
# "Headers Only".
# tb-extra-mailbox-sep:
# Thunderbird gets somehow confused with LAYOUT=fs (mbox and dbox) and
# adds extra '/' suffixes to mailbox names. This option causes Dovecot to
# ignore the extra '/' instead of treating it as invalid mailbox name.
# tb-lsub-flags:
# Show \Noselect flags for LSUB replies with LAYOUT=fs (e.g. mbox).
# This makes Thunderbird realize they aren't selectable and show them
# greyed out, instead of only later giving "not selectable" popup error.
#
# The list is space-separated.
#imap_client_workarounds =
# Host allowed in URLAUTH URLs sent by client. "*" allows all.
#imap_urlauth_host =
# Enable IMAP LITERAL- extension (replaces LITERAL+)
#imap_literal_minus = no
# What happens when FETCH fails due to some internal error:
# disconnect-immediately:
# The FETCH is aborted immediately and the IMAP client is disconnected.
# disconnect-after:
# The FETCH runs for all the requested mails returning as much data as
# possible. The client is finally disconnected without a tagged reply.
# no-after:
# Same as disconnect-after, but tagged NO reply is sent instead of
# disconnecting the client. If the client attempts to FETCH the same failed
# mail more than once, the client is disconnected. This is to avoid clients
# from going into infinite loops trying to FETCH a broken mail.
#imap_fetch_failure = disconnect-immediately
protocol imap {
# Space separated list of plugins to load (default is global mail_plugins).
#mail_plugins = $mail_plugins
# Maximum number of IMAP connections allowed for a user from each IP address.
# NOTE: The username is compared case-sensitively.
#mail_max_userip_connections = 10
An my maildir specific settings:
##
## Maildir-specific settings
##
# 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 dirent->d_type, this check is free and it's
# done always regardless of this setting)
#maildir_stat_dirs = no
# 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_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
# 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.
maildir_very_dirty_syncs = no
# If enabled, Dovecot doesn't use the S=<size> in the Maildir filenames for
# getting the mail's physical size, except when recalculating Maildir++ quota.
# This can be useful in systems where a lot of the Maildir filenames have a
# broken size. The performance hit for enabling this is very small.
#maildir_broken_filename_sizes = no
# Always move mails from new/ directory to cur/, even when the \Recent flags
# aren't being reset.
#maildir_empty_new = no
Anyone know why MODSEQ is not updated?
dovecot -n:
# 2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3)
# OS: Linux 5.10.0-19-amd64 x86_64 Debian 11.5
# Hostname: mail01.public.forberger-online.de
auth_mechanisms = plain login
mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir
mail_privileged_group = mail
mailbox_list_index_include_inbox = yes
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = " imap"
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
service imap-login {
client_limit = 256
inet_listener imap {
address = 192.168.108.1, 127.0.0.1, [::1]
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
address = 192.168.108.1, 127.0.0.1, [::1]
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
process_min_avail = 6
}
ssl_ca = </etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.forberger-online.de/chain.pem
ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.forberger-online.de/cert.pem
ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_min_protocol = TLSv1.2
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
Important: MODSEQ on folder INBOX does not increase:
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Debian) ready.
A login REDACTED REDACTED
A OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY PREVIEW=FUZZY STATUS=SIZE SAVEDATE LITERAL+ NOTIFY SPECIAL-USE] Logged in
A status INBOX (messages)
* STATUS INBOX (MESSAGES 7247)
A OK Status completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs).
1 SELECT Inbox
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $MDNSent Junk NonJunk $label4 $label1 $label2 $label3 $label5 Old $Forwarded NOTJUNK $has_cal)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $MDNSent Junk NonJunk $label4 $label1 $label2 $label3 $label5 Old $Forwarded NOTJUNK $has_cal \*)] Flags permitted.
* 7247 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1291740963] UIDs valid
* OK [UIDNEXT 158406] Predicted next UID
* OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 190086] Highest
1 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.010 + 0.000 + 0.009 secs).
As you can see, HIGHESTMODSEQ stays at 190086. But i received a plenty of new e-mails.
What can be the problem why HIGHESTMODSEQ does not increase?
