[Dovecot] lock files causing time outs with Thunderbird

[CJ Keist]

Yes, I'm talking about Trash.lock files, not seeing any errors in the 
log files related with lock files.

Yes, I am using dovecot deliver.  So does that mean I should not set 
mbox_very_dirty_syncs to yes?


Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 15:55 -0600, CJ Keist wrote:
>> I have dovecot 1.1.16 running on Solaris 10.  We are seeing problem with 
>> lock files taking forever to be removed after opening a email folder 
>> like Trash with several thousand messages in them.  We use mbox format. 
> 
> You mean dotlock files (e.g. "Trash.lock")? Does Dovecot log anything?
> 
>> Is there something I can do in the config file to speed things up?
> 
> Are you using Dovecot deliver? If not, mbox_very_dirty_syncs=yes should
> speed things up with large mboxes.
> 

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