invalid vsize-hdr

Christopher Wensink cwensink at five-star-plastics.com
Wed Mar 10 00:26:45 EET 2021


Good afternoon everyone,

I have one account on our internal dovecot server that keeps throwing 
the same repeated error:

The user is on a Windows 10 computer running the latest version of 
Thunderbird.  Here's the log:
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Mar  9 13:03:16 mario2 dovecot: imap(pstrangfeld): Error: vsize-hdr has 
invalid size: 36
Mar  9 13:09:53 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:18:57 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:25:09 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:29:07 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:31:03 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:37:20 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:42:26 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:47:21 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:50:11 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:53:46 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 13:59:40 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:03:52 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:08:54 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:11:53 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:17:02 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:21:14 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:24:00 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:28:43 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:33:00 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:38:24 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Connection closed (IDLE 
running for 0.001 + waiting input for 0.001 secs, 2 B in + 10+10 B out, 
state=wait-input) in=1578244 out=2878370
Mar  9 14:40:51 mario2 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=10.5.1.77, lip=10.5.1.17, mpid=97537, TLS, 
session=<AvLvkCC9w9kKBQFN>
Mar  9 14:41:30 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
Mar  9 14:44:14 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Connection closed (IDLE 
running for 0.002 + waiting input for 0.001 secs, 2 B in + 10+10 B out, 
state=wait-input) in=319541 out=1272761
Mar  9 14:44:14 mario2 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=10.5.1.77, lip=10.5.1.17, mpid=97671, TLS, 
session=<85YInSC95NkKBQFN>
Mar  9 14:46:37 mario2 dovecot: imap(user): Error: vsize-hdr has invalid 
size: 36
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I have tried the following:
  -Restarting the workstation
  - Compacting folders in Thunderbird
  - Repaired the Inbox Folder in Thunderbird
  - Restarting the dovecot service
  - Set the connections in Thunderbird Account settings to not check for 
messages automatically (manual only)
  - Set the user to own all folders and sub-folders in his home 
directory on the server

I found old message in the archives from 2017 that had the same error 
but I did not see a posted solution.

dovecot --version 2.2.36 (lfl0bfa63)

config file:

[root at mario2 dovecot]# cat dovecot.conf
## Dovecot configuration file

# If you're in a hurry, see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration

# "doveconf -n" command gives a clean output of the changed settings. Use it
# instead of copy&pasting files when posting to the Dovecot mailing list.

# '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra spaces
# and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly, 
put the
# value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace  "

# Most (but not all) settings can be overridden by different protocols 
and/or
# source/destination IPs by placing the settings inside sections, for 
example:
# protocol imap { }, local 127.0.0.1 { }, remote 10.0.0.0/8 { }

# Default values are shown for each setting, it's not required to uncomment
# those. These are exceptions to this though: No sections (e.g. 
namespace {})
# or plugin settings are added by default, they're listed only as examples.
# Paths are also just examples with the real defaults being based on 
configure
# options. The paths listed here are for configure --prefix=/usr
# --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var

# Protocols we want to be serving.
#protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
protocols = imap pop3
# A comma separated list of IPs or hosts where to listen in for connections.
# "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces, "::" listens in all IPv6 interfaces.
# If you want to specify non-default ports or anything more complex,
# edit conf.d/master.conf.
#listen = *, ::
listen = *, ::

# Base directory where to store runtime data.
#base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/

# Name of this instance. In multi-instance setup doveadm and other commands
# can use -i <instance_name> to select which instance is used (an 
alternative
# to -c <config_path>). The instance name is also added to Dovecot processes
# in ps output.
#instance_name = dovecot

# Greeting message for clients.
#login_greeting = Dovecot ready.

# Space separated list of trusted network ranges. Connections from these
# IPs are allowed to override their IP addresses and ports (for logging and
# for authentication checks). disable_plaintext_auth is also ignored for
# these networks. Typically you'd specify your IMAP proxy servers here.
#login_trusted_networks =
login_trusted_networks = 10.5.1.0/24
# Space separated list of login access check sockets (e.g. tcpwrap)
#login_access_sockets =

# With proxy_maybe=yes if proxy destination matches any of these IPs, 
don't do
# proxying. This isn't necessary normally, but may be useful if the 
destination
# IP is e.g. a load balancer's IP.
#auth_proxy_self =

# Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and
# IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes
# (eg. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts).
#verbose_proctitle = no

# Should all processes be killed when Dovecot master process shuts down.
# Setting this to "no" means that Dovecot can be upgraded without
# forcing existing client connections to close (although that could also be
# a problem if the upgrade is e.g. because of a security fix).
#shutdown_clients = yes

# If non-zero, run mail commands via this many connections to doveadm 
server,
# instead of running them directly in the same process.
#doveadm_worker_count = 0
# UNIX socket or host:port used for connecting to doveadm server
#doveadm_socket_path = doveadm-server

# Space separated list of environment variables that are preserved on 
Dovecot
# startup and passed down to all of its child processes. You can also give
# key=value pairs to always set specific settings.
#import_environment = TZ

##
## Dictionary server settings
##

# Dictionary can be used to store key=value lists. This is used by several
# plugins. The dictionary can be accessed either directly or though a
# dictionary server. The following dict block maps dictionary names to URIs
# when the server is used. These can then be referenced using URIs in format
# "proxy::<name>".

dict {
   #quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
   #expire = sqlite:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
}

# Most of the actual configuration gets included below. The filenames are
# first sorted by their ASCII value and parsed in that order. The 
00-prefixes
# in filenames are intended to make it easier to understand the ordering.
!include conf.d/*.conf

# A config file can also tried to be included without giving an error if
# it's not found:
!include_try local.conf
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I need assistance.  I appreciate the help.

Chris



-- 
Christopher Wensink
IS Administrator
Five Star Plastics, Inc
1339 Continental Drive
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Office:  715-831-1682
Mobile:  715-563-3112
Fax:  715-831-6075
cwensink at five-star-plastics.com
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