On May 13 2007, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 13:40 -0500, bhayden@umn.edu wrote:
Apr 23 13:22:41 server.umn.edu dovecot: [ID 107833 local6.error] [9073] IMAP(USER): mbox /var/mail/user: seq=1 uid=8808 uid_broken=0 originally needed 10 bytes, now needs 23 bytes
Anything else than Dovecot accessing these mboxes (besides MDA)?
Nope. Dovecot IMAP and deliver.
Do you have a core file from that crash? It would show a bit more information. If not, see http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
I finally got around to generating one. It's 3MB, and was generated from 1.0.0. Would you like a copy, or do you want me to check on some state myself and send you results?
If these happen frequently, I could also send a debug patch that writes the broken mbox headers to some temp file. That with the core file would provide enough information to figure out what exactly is the problem.
I can do that, too, if necessary. Thanks much for your help,
-Brian Hayden Internet Services University of MN