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= Rawlog =

Dovecot supports logging IMAP/POP3/LMTP/SMTP(submission) traffic (also TLS/SSL encrypted). There are several possibilities for this:

 1. rawlog_dir setting (v2.2.26+)
 1. Using {{{rawlog}}} binary, which is executed as post-login script.
 1. Pre-login imap/pop3-login process via -R parameter.
 1. For [[LMTP|lmtp]], you need to use lmtp_rawlog_dir and lmtp_proxy_rawlog_dir settings (since v2.3.2)
 1. For [[Submission|submission]], you can use rawlog_dir setting and submission_relay_rawlog_dir (since v2.3.2)

== rawlog_dir setting (v2.2.26+) ==

Dovecot creates *.in and *.out rawlogs to the specified directory if it exists. For example:

{{{
protocol imap {
  rawlog_dir = /tmp/rawlog/%u
  # if you want to put files into user's homedir, use this, do not use ~
  #rawlog_dir = %h/rawlog
}
}}}

== lmtp_rawlog_dir (v2.3.2+) ==

You can use lmtp_rawlog_dir to generate rawlogs on lmtp backend server. Unlike the rawlog_dir setting, this does not accept variables.

== lmtp_proxy_rawlog_dir (v2.3.2+) ==

You can use lmtp_proxy_rawlog_dir to generate rawlogs on lmtp proxy server. Unlike the rawlog_dir setting, this does not accept variables.

== submission_relay_rawlog_dir (v2.3.2+) ==

You can use submission_relay_rawlog_dir to generate relay rawlogs on the dovecot submission server.

== rawlog binary ==

It works by checking if {{{dovecot.rawlog/}}} directory exists in the logged in user's home directory, and writing the traffic to {{{yyyymmdd-HHMMSS-pid.in}}} and {{{.out}}} files. Each connection gets their own in/out files. Rawlog will simply skip users who don't have the {{{dovecot.rawlog/}}} directory and the performance impact for those users is minimal.

=== Home directory ===

Note that for rawlog to work, your [[UserDatabase|userdb]] must have returned a home directory for the user. '''IMPORTANT: The home directory must be returned by userdb, mail_home setting won't work.''' Verify that `doveadm user -u user@example.com` (with -u parameter) returns the home directory, for example:

{{{
% doveadm user -u user@example.com
userdb: user@example.com
  user : user@example.com
  uid : 1000
  gid : 1000
  home : /home/user@example.com
}}}

In above configuration rawlog would expect to find {{{/home/user@example.com/dovecot.rawlog/}}} directory writable by uid 1000.

If your userdb can't return a home directory directly, with v2.1+ you can add:

{{{
userdb {
  # ...
  default_fields = home=/home/%u
  # or temporarily even e.g. default_fields = home=/tmp/temp-home
}
}}}

You can also set DEBUG environment to have rawlog log an info message why it's not doing anything:

{{{
import_environment = $import_environment DEBUG=1
}}}

=== Configuration ===

To enable rawlog, you must use rawlog as a [[PostLoginScripting|post-login script]]:

{{{
service imap {
  executable = imap postlogin
}
service pop3 {
  executable = pop3 postlogin
}

service postlogin {
  executable = script-login -d rawlog
  unix_listener postlogin {
  }
}
}}}

You can also give parameters to rawlog:

 * -b: Write IP packet boundaries (or whatever read() sees anyway) to the log files. The packet is written between <<< and >>>.
 * -t: Log a microsecond resolution timestamp at the beginning of each line.
 * -I: Include IP address in the filename (v2.2.16+)
 * v2.1 and newer:
  * -f in: Log only to *.in files
  * -f out: Log only to *.out files
 * v2.0 and older:
  * -i: Log only to *.in files
  * -o: Log only to *.out files

== Pre-login rawlog (v2.1+) ==

You can enable pre-login rawlog for all users by telling the login processes to log to a rawlog directory, for example:

{{{
service imap-login {
  executable = imap-login -R rawlogs
}
}}}

This tries to write the rawlogs under $base_dir/login/rawlogs directory. You need to create it first with enough write permissions, e.g.:

{{{
mkdir /var/run/dovecot/login/rawlogs
chown dovenull /var/run/dovecot/login/rawlogs
chmod 0700 /var/run/dovecot/login/rawlogs
}}}		 Moved to https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/debugging/debugging_rawlog/

Moved to https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/debugging/debugging_rawlog/

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