[Dovecot] Another 1.2.5 imap panic

Chris Wakelin c.d.wakelin at reading.ac.uk
Fri Oct 16 01:15:02 EEST 2009


Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> The panic was
>>> Oct 03 13:34:20 IMAP 6067 xxxxxxxx 134.225.1.46 : Panic: file istream-raw-mbox.c: line 578 (istream_raw_mbox_get_body_size): assertion failed: (rstream->body_offset != (uoff_t)-1)
> 
> So it has only happened twice now in total? I've seen this before but
> I'm not really sure how it can happen. I guess something strange in mbox
> file causes it. But finding its cause is probably a lot of trouble, so
> for now I'll just ignore it. :)
> 

Just twice in over 1.5 million logins by over 14,000 users since the
beginning of October, occurring within 12 hours of each other (but
different users) at a weekend when things are supposed to be less busy...

Recreating the mbox files may be just about possible (I can retrieve the
last backup plus the mail deliveries since then, then plus try to do the
same deletes/purges as suggested in the logs) but as you say, probably
not worth it :)

Best Wishes,
Chris

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