[Dovecot] bug? Maildir ... sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox

[Gregory Bond]

Peter Gervai wrote:

>Version: 1.00alpha2
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>Error: imap(grin): Maildir /home/grin/Maildir sync: UID < next_uid
>(94 < 95, file = 1127311363.H977932P25148.gollum:2,) 
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>       imap(grin): Maildir /home/grin/Maildir sync: UID inserted in
>the middle of mailbox (95 > 94, file =
>1127311363.H977932P25148.gollum:2,)
>
>This error reappears frequently. 
>
>Doesn't go away by restarting dovecot, but does go away when I delete
>all index and cache and whatnot (and restart dovecot).
>
>Appears in 10 minutes again...
>
>Could be sylpheed-claws-whatever-alpha imap problem, but whatever the
>client does dovecot shouldn't be fall apart I believe.
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I saw this with 1.0alpha1 using Thunderbird on OS/X and mutt on Solaris 
as the clients. It was basically unusable.... I've never ever seen it 
with my existing 1.0test51 install, so it is a bug that has been 
introduced since then.