[Dovecot] File isn't in mbox format: /home/foo/mail/Trash

[Timo Sirainen]

On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 05:40 -0500, James Lupolt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm seeing the following error on a server:
> 
>  File isn't in mbox format: /home/foo/mail/Trash
> 
> The Trash file is full of the following at the beginning:
> 
> ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^
> 
> I've repaired the file several times, but this keeps happening. Would 
> any of you mind offering me some insight into what could be causing this 
> and how to fix it?

This is a known problem with v0.99.x. The mbox code has been rewritten
in 1.0rc versions and it doesn't have this problem, so I'd just suggest
upgrading.

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