[Dovecot] 'append aborted'

[Tom Allison]

Tom Allison wrote:
> I'm copying all my archives from one imap server on one machine to the 
> imap-ssl dovecot server on another machine.
> 
> After a bit, there's an error that's tossed up on my mozilla client that 
> says the imap server couldn't complete the operation with the message 
> append aborted.
> 
> It keeps popping up after anything from 50 to 300 emails.
> 
> Last night I was able to move ~12000 emails from one machine to the 
> other without the ssl enabled.  Any hints on what to look for?
> 

This problem exists with or without ssl login.

I'm assuming that I either have a really messed up email (it is my spam 
archive).  Do I really have to move 7000 emails one at a time???  :)