[Dovecot] File isn't in mbox format - Couldn't open INBOX

[Girish Patangay]

I cannot reproduce this error everytime, but it seems to happen when
Outlook tries to delete the first message (the first message in the
file, message on top) in the /var/mail/user file.

I tried looking through the mailing list but came up blank. Is this a
known problem?

I can fix this problem by editing the file manually and fixing the file.
If I delete the first 2 lines (in the example below) and make sure the
Inbox file starts at "From ..." it works fine again.

Here is the log:
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Feb  2 09:23:45 angel pop3-login: Login: sathyan [127.0.0.1]
Feb  2 09:23:45 angel pop3(sathyan): File isn't in mbox format: 
/var/mail/sathyan
Feb  2 09:23:45 angel pop3(sathyan): File isn't in mbox format: 
/var/mail/sathyan
Feb  2 09:23:45 angel pop3(sathyan): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal
error 
occured. Refer to server log for more information. [2005-02-02 09:23:45]
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The inbox file for this user looks like this:
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[root at angel mail]# head sathyan
zenxoI6Jdi_xPyRoBhrhf--
                                                                                              
>From caecelius at payaway.every1.net  Wed Feb  2 07:03:36 2005
Return-Path: <caecelius at payaway.every1.net>
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