[Dovecot] mdbox - how do I fix corrupted indexes?

Odhiambo Washington odhiambo at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 16:12:46 EET 2010


On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 16:39 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > I am unable top pop mail from my server, using mdbox:
> >
> > Nov 02 16:35:08 pop3-login: Info: Login: user=<wash at domain.co.ke>,
> > method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.40.79, lip=192.168.40.252, mpid=36052
> > Nov 02 16:35:09 pop3(wash at domain.co.ke): Error: Corrupted dbox file
> > /var/spool/virtual/domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around
> offset=1941):
> > Ext refs metadata corrupted: 3861 783856
> >
> 75/80/75805ed445f1b8b31508dba8d86280a37a74aec1-fabfb11f9f80654ced090000dcbe1dcb
>
> This is because you used an earlier version of the SiS code, which used
> a different format for the extrefs metadata. I thought you were only
> testing it..
>
>  You could fix it by manually adding "-" between the size and path. For

example above:
>
> 3861 783856 -
> 75/80/75805ed445f1b8b31508dba8d86280a37a74aec1-fabfb11f9f80654ced090000dcbe1dcb
>

That fixed it.


>
> > This process of "rebuilding indexes" is never ending!
>
> I should do something about this anyway..
>
>
Well, it's my test box and I have been upgrading from version to version
ever since SIS details were released to the public:-)
For a moment, I was scared about this error, especially because I've
deployed some servers with the SIS code.

-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
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Damn!!


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