[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0.19 Panic: file mail-index-sync-ext.c: line 209 (sync_ext_reorder): assertion failed: (offset < (uint16_t)-1)

[Timo Sirainen]

On 21.3.2012, at 15.53, Jim Lawson wrote:

> Had a user who couldn't access his INBOX:
> 
>> Mar 21 09:21:17 penguina dovecot: imap([USER]): Panic: file
>> mail-index-sync-ext.c: line 209 (sync_ext_reorder): assertion fai
>> led: (offset < (uint16_t)-1)

I kind of remember that this was fixed by http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/b4d8e950eb9d but I'm not entirely sure. I guess I should have included in the commit the error message it fixed.

> Stack trace made it look like it was the INBOX, so I deleted the index
> files for his INBOX and everything was OK.

If it happens again, get a copy of the indexes.