Description of problem: When IPv6 is enabled (which it is by default) Dovecot logs IPv4 addresses into the maillog log file in the compatibility format ::ffff:{IPv4}. This format is not recognzied by the pop-before-smtp regex in version 1.36. This was fixed in version 1.37. The current version for pop-before-smtp is 1.41 and the 1.36 version is over a year and a half old. This package is really out of date and needs to be brought up to the current version. This old version would not even recognize the newer Dovecot logging format of "rip=" so is probably broken even when IPv6 is not enabled (not tested). Note discussion in thread at URL where they were hoping to, at least, see 1.39 in FC5. This is broken in FC4 and FC5. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.36 How reproducible: Always fails Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable pop-before-smtp for Dovecot and test 2. Addresses are not added to popauth database 3. Addresses in log file are in ::ffff:{IPv4} format and not recognized Actual results: No addresses are added to the popauth database Expected results: Each authenticated address should be added. Additional info: Package is terribly out of date and broken. Needs to be brought up to date to match current log formats and IPv6 support.
You generally need to modify it to use your log format anyway. If you want it to support ipv6 out of the box, then pleaes submit suitable patches that are accepted upstream. When upstream has it, I will incorporate it here.
Excuse me? The current release upstream already incorporates the relevant patches and has for some time. They don't need any more patches. All that's needed is to update Fedore Extras to the 1.41 release and incorporate the fixes that already exist upstream. 1.41 already supports IPv6 compatibility addresses out of the box. Fedora extras doesn't because it's only 1.36 (and I've checked the regex's and they are NOT backported patched). You say, "When upstream has it"... Well... Upstream has had it for over a year. Looking forward to Fedora Extras picking it up.
1.41-1.fc5 has been in Extras for a while now.