[Dovecot] Some users cannot read mail: assertion failed

Robert Munteanu rombertworf at xnet.ro
Tue Jul 20 22:31:03 EEST 2004


Hi,
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 15:24, Robert Munteanu wrote:
> 
>> lynx imap(gheorghe.bancos): file buffer.c: line 357
>> (buffer_set_start_pos): assertion
>> failed: (abs_pos <= I_MIN(buf->used, buf->limit))
>> lynx dovecot: child 1823 (imap) killed with signal 6
>> 
>> The problems have been reported with both MS Outlook and SquirrelMail.
>> 
>> 
>> What causes this problem and how can I fix it?
>> 
> 
> Could you get a gdb backtrace of it? See
> http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
> 
> 
> Or can you send the mail that causes it to crash? That error alone
> doesn't really help.

I have no idea which mail causes the problems, because the errors I send are the only ones I get. Is it possible to get a separate dovecot process to run on a different port ( I would then be able to run gdb on it ) ?

Thanks,

Robert



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