Since reporting this (from the wrong account, sorry), I've tried to investigate whether the problem exists in 2.2.9. While building 2.2.9 was no problem, I balked at actually installing it for fear of causing trouble with future system updates. (Or current operation, for that matter.) Could somebody please check whether this is problem is already fixed? On 12/6/13, 8:33 AM, email-from-bobby wrote:

A negated subject search on an empty folder causes an assertion failure in doveadm. To reproduce:

bash-3.2# doveadm mailbox create -u ephraim "Freshly Empty" bash-3.2# doveadm search -u ephraim mailbox "Freshly Empty" NOT subject '***JUNK MAIL***' doveadm(ephraim): Panic: file mail-index-map.c: line 548 (mail_index_map_lookup_seq_range): assertion failed: (first_uid <= last_uid\ ) doveadm(ephraim): Error: Raw backtrace: 2 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000100347463 default_fatal_handler + 486 -> 3 \ libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001003472c0 default_fatal_handler + 67 -> 4 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000\ 0000100347705 i_fatal + 0 -> 5 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001002a799f mail_index_map_lookup_seq_range + 309 -> 6 \ libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001002b6d4f mail_index_lookup_seq_range + 12 -> 7 lib20_fts_plugin.so \ 0x00000001003fe325 fts_search_lookup + 3307 -> 8 lib20_fts_plugin.so 0x00000001003fddfb fts_search_lookup + 1985 -\

...

9 lib20_fts_plugin.so 0x00000001003fd6e2 fts_search_lookup + 168 -> 10 lib20_fts_plugin.so 0x00\ 000001003ff148 fts_mailbox_allocated + 1139 -> 11 doveadm 0x00000001001dd3d2 doveadm_mail_iter_init + 1\ 99 -> 12 doveadm 0x00000001001df3ce cmd_search_run + 138 -> 13 doveadm 0x0\ 0000001001d94f9 doveadm_mail_next_user + 196 -> 14 doveadm 0x00000001001d9ad1 doveadm_mail_try_run + 77\ 6 -> 15 doveadm 0x00000001001e1a09 main + 1150 -> 16 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff915\ ba5fd start + 1 -> 17 ??? 0x0000000000000009 0x0 + 9 Abort trap: 6 bash-3.2#

A positive search is no problem:

bash-3.2# doveadm search -u ephraim mailbox "Freshly Empty" subject '***JUNK MAIL***' bash-3.2#

Version and configuration info:

bash-3.2# /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/dovecotd --version 2.2.5 bash-3.2# /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/dovecotd -n # 2.2.5: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Darwin 13.0.0 x86_64 hfs auth_mechanisms = cram-md5 login apop plain digest-md5 auth_realms = mail.vishniac.com auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_username_format = %n debug_log_path = /Library/Logs/Mail/mail-debug.log default_internal_user = _dovecot default_login_user = _dovenull disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 6 first_valid_uid = 6 hostname = mail.vishniac.com imap_id_log = * imap_id_send = "name" * "version" * imap_urlauth_submit_user = submit info_log_path = /Library/Logs/Mail/mail-info.log log_path = /Library/Logs/Mail/mail-err.log login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_access_groups = mail mail_attribute_dict = file:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/attributes/attributes.dict mail_location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/users/%u mail_log_prefix = "%s(pid %p user %u): " mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_sk managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational \ regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave mdbox_rotate_size = 200 M namespace acl-mailboxes { list = children location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/users/%%u:INDEX=/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/shared/%%u prefix = shared.%%u. separator = . subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } namespace list-archives { list = children location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/listserver/messages/archive/lists/%%u:INDEX=/Library/Server/Mail/Data/listserver/mess\ ages/archive/shared/%%u prefix = archives.%%u. separator = . subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { driver = od } passdb { args = /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/submit.passdb driver = passwd-file } plugin { acl = vfile:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/global-acls:cache_secs=300 acl_shared_dict = file:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/shared/shared-mailboxes fts = sk quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-exceeded %u sieve = /Library/Server/Mail/Data/rules/%u/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /Library/Server/Mail/Data/rules/%u stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } postmaster_address = postmaster@vishniac.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth { extra_groups = _keytabusers idle_kill = 15 mins unix_listener auth-userdb { user = _dovecot } } service dict { unix_listener dict { user = _dovecot } } service dns_client { unix_listener dns-client { mode = 0600 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 } service imap { client_limit = 5 process_limit = 20 service_count = 0 } service indexer-worker { user = _dovecot } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { mode = 0600 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { client_limit = 5 process_limit = 200 service_count = 0 } service quota-exceeded { executable = script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-exceeded.sh unix_listener quota-exceeded { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _dovecot } user = _dovecot } service quota-warning { executable = script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _dovecot } user = _dovecot } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = _dovecot } } ssl_ca =