[Dovecot] dovecot 1.0-test69 io hangs

[Andrew Hucthings]

Hi Jens,

You have to create a dovecot.rawlog directory in the user's home
directory (or what dovecot thinks is that directory).  That way you
limit the logging to problematic users.

Regards
Andrew

On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 09:07 +0200, Jens Laas wrote:
> I've been testing test69 with pop3 (under Linux and with mbox).
> I began testing with a large inbox (11000 mails) and it seems the 
> communication between dovecot and the mailclient (evolution) stalls after 
> 1000-2000 messages transferred.
> 
> I've looked in to the (non-trivial) io functionality of dovecot.
> What I see is that io_loop_handler_run() in ioloop-poll.c does not
> signal any more data (and eventually the whole thing timeouts).
> 
> Evolution downloads the mailbox fine via qpopper.
> 
> I tried turning on rawlog:
>    mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
> 
> I cannot find any logfile.. I must be missing something.
> 
> Any help or ideas ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jens
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