Hi all:

We've switched to RC Mail some weeks ago, and our clients are very pleased. But I've hit a wall getting the vacation plugin to work. Here are the details (somewhat long, sorry...)

I have the config.ini setup as follows:

[default]
driver = "ftp"
subject = "Out of Office"
body = "default.txt"
server = "mail.arava.co.il"
passive = True

[dotforward]
binary = "/usr/bin/vacation"
flags = ""
message = ".vacation.msg"
database = ".vacation.db"
alias_identities = true
set_envelop_sender = false
always_keep_message = true

If I connect to the mail server with a regular ftp client, I can successfully upload a .forward file, with either passive or active ftp, using either binary or ascii transfer. So the vsftpd daemon is working OK. However when a user tries to use the vacation plugin interface, she gets:

CONFIGURATION ERROR

Vacation plugin: Cannot upload .forward. Check permissions and/or server configuration
Please read the INSTALL instructions!

In the roundcubemail errors logfile I see:

[19-Nov-2013 20:48:41 +0200]: PHP Error: Vacation plugin: Cannot upload .forward. Check permissions and/or server configuration in /var/www/html/roundcubemail/plugins/vacation/lib/ftp.class.php on line 0 (POST /?_task=settings&_action=plugin.vacation-save?_task=&_action=)

and the exchange in the vsftpd log file shows:

Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27825] CONNECT: Client "10.40.40.1"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27825] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "220 Welcome to Internet Arava FTP service."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27825] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "USER micha"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27825] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "331 Please specify the password."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27825] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "PASS <password>"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27824] [micha] OK LOGIN: Client "10.40.40.1"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "230 Login successful."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "PASV"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "227 Entering Passive Mode (10,40,40,3,238,90)"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "TYPE I"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "200 Switching to Binary mode."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "SIZE .forward"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "550 Could not get file size."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "SIZE .vacation.db"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "550 Could not get file size."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "TYPE A"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "200 Switching to ASCII mode."
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP command: Client "10.40.40.1", "QUIT"
Tue Nov 19 18:48:41 2013 [pid 27826] [micha] FTP response: Client "10.40.40.1", "221 Goodbye."

It seems that the file upload is aborting as soon as it switches to ASCII mode (even though I tried to specify passive = True in config.ini). However, as I said, uploading with a regular ftp client works as expected, in either mode.

Any ideas are most welcome.

Thanks,
Micha