dovecot: imap(john@example.com): Error: /usr/local/virtual/john@example.com/dovecot.index: modseq_hdr.log_offset too large dovecot: imap(john@example.com): Error: /usr/local/virtual/john@example.com/dovecot.index: modseq_hdr.log_offset too large dovecot: imap(john@example.com): Panic: file mail-transaction-log-file.c: line 1148 (mail_transaction_log_file_get_highest_modseq_at): assertion failed: (offset <= file->sync_offset) dovecot: imap(john@example.com): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 88284 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped - set service imap { drop_priv_before_exec=yes })

and also:

dovecot: lda(john@southgaylord.com): Error: /usr/local/virtual/john@southgaylord.com/dovecot.index: modseq_hdr.log_offset too large dovecot: lda(john@southgaylord.com): Error: /usr/local/virtual/john@southgaylord.com/dovecot.index: modseq_hdr.log_offset too large dovecot: lda(john@southgaylord.com): Panic: file mail-transaction-log-file.c: line 1148 (mail_transaction_log_file_get_highest_modseq_at): assertion failed: (offset <= file->sync_offset)

(this block does not generate a fatal error)

It doesn't appear to be affecting the user's ability to check mail (or at least no complaints about that).

The only instances of "LDA" in my logs are this error. The user is a virtual user in MySQL like all the other virtual, including other users on the domain who do not show this problem.

I think I may have posted about this before (last month?), but I haven't found a solution.

$ dovecot -n # 2.2.9: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE i386
auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 89 login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> %r %m %c mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_max_userip_connections = 90 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 namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk }

mailbox NotJunk { auto = subscribe } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocols = imap sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert =

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