[Dovecot] dsync backup gets stuck... fails

[Jeff Gustafson]

On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 12:27 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 15.8.2012, at 5.41, Jeff Gustafson wrote:
> 
> > 	I have an issue related to this problem. dsync returns an error 75 when
> > it detects the source mailbox is empty (client probably pop3'd all of
> > their email). It also returns an error 75 when I get the timeout error.
> 
> You mean this?
> 
> dsync-local(tss): Fatal: dsync backup: Looks like you're trying to run
> backup in wrong direction. Source is empty and destination is not.

	That's the one!

> Maybe it needs a force setting, or change the detection somehow..

	That would be nice. A backup script is executing the command, so it
should never do it in the wrong direction. A force setting might be the
simplest way to go.

			...Jeff