Kelly Sauke wrote:
Wietse Venema wrote:
Yannick Majoros:
What else is accessing the mailbox files? Any scripts running around that access mail without proper file locking, like scripts that replicate mail to another box?
Whay file system is being used?
If you can't figure out which is broken, then you'll have to use maildir files.
No scripts. If amavisd-new is safe, then nothing else should access mailboxes. Only via dovecot POP3/IMAP. Do you think it is worth to go
amavisd-new accesses mailboxe files, and what file locking mechanism would that be using?
Wietse
For what its worth, I'm seeing the exact same corruption as Yannick is talking about and the only two pieces of software installed on my machine are postfix and dovecot. One of those two is the culprit, not sure which one.
Yep, I would think the same. This is not an evidence, but a strong doubt: the same problem is still present after replacing MailScanner by amavisd-new. It could be that it happens less often, although, but I need some time to make real stats...
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