Re: [Dovecot] Bug handling zero-byte files in maildirs

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 18:03 -0700, Aria Stewart wrote:

I managed to get a bunch of zero-byte files in my maildirs today, and
Dovecot choked completely (at least for pop3 users);

What Dovecot version?

It wouldn't
download any messages at all, and the mailbox would often say "-ERR
[IN-USE]" when doing a STAT

That error is returned for the first command after login if the mailbox syncing failed (or locking it failed). Dovecot should have logged an error in that case.

Anyway I don't see why zero byte files should be a problem for Dovecot. I've often used them for testing, and just now couldn't reproduce this problem. Maybe the actual problem is something else.