[Dovecot] big troubel - damaged mailboxfolders
Hi,
because the fedora project switcht from wu imap to dovecot, i followed this step. Today I'm very unhappy about this step, because there are more problems for me than advantages...
But today the biggest problem is, that a lot!!! of mailboxes are damaged. within three year no mailbox was damaged using wu imap.
The errormessage is:
imap(cstrang): File isn't in mbox format: /var/mail/cstrang
the server is fedora core 1, dovecot-0.99.11.
May be I have something misconfigured, but where to look at?
Any ideas, what causes the damage?
And installing the test-version isnt an alternativ for my production server vor 500 users.
Regards
Götz Reinicke
Götz Reinicke IT Koordinator - IT OfficeNet
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On Friday 26 Nov 2004 11:16 am, Götz Reinicke wrote:
Any ideas, what causes the damage?
Is it the same as...
http://www.dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2004-September/004531.html
And installing the test-version isnt an alternativ for my production server vor 500 users.
If the above, you may want to use maildir if you really want to stick with dovecot 0.99 I suspect?
Timo may know if there is a fix applied.
But there really isn't some sort of magic that makes released software better than development, other than testing (or Timo) makes it so.
Hi,
Simon Waters wrote:
I think so :-((
What are the advantages of maildir?
How can I switch my current system to use maildir?
Hm...I'd say like the linux kernel-tree there should be a development/test version for new features and a release version with tested, working features...that there could be bugs in it is conceptional...Ant the more a software is tested, the better it will be :-), but I don't want to test software on a production server...and I don't have a testlab for imap.
regards
Götz
Götz Reinicke IT Koordinator - IT OfficeNet
Tel. +49 (0) 7141 - 969 420 Fax +49 (0) 7141 - 969 55 420 goetz.reinicke@filmakademie.de
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Mathildenstr. 20 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de
On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 9:37 am, Götz Reinicke wrote:
What are the advantages of maildir?
Dan extols it here. http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html
It isn't one to switch lightly and one should probably review filesystem semantics again, although the beauty of maildir is it isn't so crucial, a badly time glitch (if the semantic aren't perfect, or are tweaked for performance) could zap currently writing emails, but shouldn't corrupt a whole mailbox.
How can I switch my current system to use maildir?
There are documented procedures at various places.
:-), but I don't want to test software on a production server...and I
don't have a testlab for imap.
I think you need to start testing, be it ever so small. I think it fair to say dovecot works best with maildir (rather than mbox), and imap (rather than pop3), that reflects Timo's environment. Although he works hard to make it work in other environments, that is where it has had most exposure I believe.
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