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Fixing the Cyrus mailserver SQUAT failed error

Fixing the Cyrus mailserver SQUAT failed error

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In my /var/log/mail.log I saw the following error:

Aug 6 17:12:58 Nephtys cyrus/imap[6411]: SQUAT failed to open index file
Aug 6 17:12:58 Nephtys cyrus/imap[6411]: SQUAT failed

In order to fix this execute the following commands:

 # sudo su cyrus

This will make you the cyrus user.

Now execute

 # squatter

This will index all your e-mails (more info by executing $ man squatter). This index is not incremental so you need to run this task once in a while. It might be usefull to create a cronjob for this command.

Hide server textfield in Roundcube login screen

Hide server textfield in Roundcube login screen

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When I opened Roundcube, the login screen asked me every time for a server name. This turned out to be pretty annoying since this is localhost all the time. In order to remove this field open /etc/roundcube/main.inc.php in your favorite texteditor and set the property

$rcmail_config[‘default_host’] = ‘localhost’;

Refresh your page and the server textbox has been disappeared.

Fix for postfix lmtp permission denied error

Fix for postfix lmtp permission denied error

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After checking out my mail logs I had the following error:

Aug  6 11:38:52 Nephtys postfix/lmtp[3990]: DD69A18A90C: to=, relay=none,
delay=593, delays=593/0.02/0.01/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred
(connect to localhost[/var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp]: Permission denied)

I Googled the error but could not find a fix. Finally it turned out that the postfix user was not in the mail group, which could be fixed by executing

 # adduser postfix mail