[Dovecot] Couldn't init INBOX: Can't sync mailbox: Messages keep getting expunged

[Tom Sommer]

Tom Sommer wrote:
>>>
>>> dovecot: Nov 03 14:14:18 Error: POP3(foo at bar.com): Getting size of 
>>> message UID=4402 failed
>>> dovecot: Nov 03 14:14:18 Error: POP3(foo at bar.com): Getting size of 
>>> message UID=4402 failed
>>> dovecot: Nov 03 14:14:18 Error: POP3(foo at bar.com): Couldn't init 
>>> INBOX: Can't sync mailbox: Messages keep getting expunged
>>>
>>> The funny thing is the mailbox is empty, there are no mails in the 
>>> folder that should be needed to be parsed
>>>     
>>
>> So cur/ and new/ directories are empty? What does dovecot-uidlist's 4402
>> entry contain?
>>
>>   
> one of my servers keep spamming these errors in the log:

Did a "rm -f dovecot*" on some of the affected accounts and now it 
works, kindda annoying that customers got a "Unable to sync mailbox" 
error due to the above.

// Tom