[Dovecot] Calypso or Opera Mail problem?

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Tue Jul 12 17:22:36 EEST 2005


On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 09:25 +0100, Obantec Support wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Are there any know issues with dovecot using pop3 & (Calypso or Opera Mail)
> ?
> 
> Jul 11 09:14:47 proteus2a pop3(cambcom_brianlj): File isn't in mbox format:
> /var/spool/mail/cambcom_brianlj

This is most likely a bug in Dovecot 0.99.x's mbox handling code. It has
inserted some extra empty space at the beginning of the file. The only
known fix is to upgrade to 1.0-stable/test releases where mbox code is
rewritten completely.

> there is a file cambcom_brianlj and using webmin or neomail the mails can be
> read.

They are accessing the mboxes directly I guess.

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