[Dovecot] dovecot-1.0-beta3 in production

Branko F. Gračnar bfg at interseek.si
Mon Feb 27 17:42:38 EET 2006


On Sunday 26 February 2006 12:01, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> > dovecot.log.1.gz:Feb 24 16:05:21 elfstone dovecot:
> > imap(user3 at domain.tld): Maildir /export/mail/domain.tld/user3 sync: UID
> > inserted in the middle of mailbox (47681 > 47680, file =
> > 1138960753.P9796Q0M642679.elfstone:2,T)
>
> Well, this means that the file was lost, but then Dovecot saw it again
> later.

No problem, then? :))


> These look almost like there's a problem with locking the indexes
> properly..

Hm, can i help you in any way to resolve this issue?

>
> Since the path contains /export, does it mean they're also exported to
> NFS?

No. It's mounted there just becouse of tradition ;)


>
> I haven't seen any of these problems reported for a while, so I'd guess
> this has to be somehow specific to your system. One problem with Dovecot
> LDA is that it reads the configuration file by itself, so it might be
> possible that it reads for example the locking settings wrong.

Hm... i've got dovecot 1.0-beta3 and dovecot-deliver from cvs (~ 2 weeks ago)


> Could you try running http://dovecot.org/tools/imaptest.c with some test
> account and see if it can make your Dovecot break? And if not, try
> sending mails to the test account with Dovecot LDA while running the
> imaptest?

imaptest:

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Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
  28   28   27   23   12    7    4    6    4    3
  17   17   16   12   16    5    5   12   19    4
  19   19   18   15   17   10   10   12   16    5
  12    9    9   10   10    9    7    9   14    4
  18   18   18   14   14   12   12   16   29    5
  17   16   16   18   16   13   13   15   24    7
  13   13   13   16   12    6    9   11   18    4
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66083 of 771156
  29   28   27   21   20   14    9   16   33   12
   8    8    8   10   11    9    8    6    8    4
  16   15   14   14   14   10    9   13   14    9
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
  21   21   19   16   14    8    9   11   24   11
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 69084 of 855633
  15   15   14   15   14    8    8   11   12    7
  14   14   14   13   12    7    8   12   22    2
  18   16   16   13   14   13    6    9   24    5
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66427 of 67229
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66019 of 879215
  22   21   19   18   14   10   13    9   18   10
   8    8    7    6    6    5    6    8    9    4
  12   12   12   10    7    6    6   12   14    3
   9    8    8    9   10    6    4    4    6    6
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 117035 of 869884
  16   14   14   15   13    6    6   11   18    6
  10    9    8   11   12   11    9   11    8    4
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
  10    8    8    7    6    2    5   10   12    2
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66122 of 832175
  27   26   23   17   16    9    7   14   31   10
  19   18   18   19   18   12   12   18   20    7
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66039 of 768333
  22   19   16   17   18   10   12   13   22    9
   4    4    3    4    4    6    6    5    4    2
  14   14   13    8    6    3    3   10   16    6
   4    4    4    5    5    6    7    3    2    3
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 115938 of 786000
  17   17   15   17   14   10    7   13   20    5
   8    8    8    9    9    6    6   12   10    2
  10    9    8    9    9    8    7   11   16    1
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 67301 of 880520
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
  26   24   22   17   18   13   11   15   22   12
  16   16   17   15   11    8    7   12   20    6
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 118739 of 862255
  17   17   16   12   12    9    7   10   20    5
  16   13   13   11   10    5    5    8    6   10
  12   11   11   11    8    3    3    5   12    6
   9    9    7   11   14   11   13   11    8    6
  17   17   17   11    9    5    6   12   24    3
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 134954 of 859016
  24   21   20   18   13   10    8   14   27    9
  10    9    9   10    8    5    7   10   10    5
  15   15   14   13   16    7    7    4   12    3
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 118454 of 859213
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
   7    7    7    9    7    6    3    7    6    3
  13   13   13   13   13    8    9   11   18    4
  11   11   11    7    8    6    6   11   15    4
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66932 of 839404
  11   11   11   13   12    8    9    9   14    2
  22   20   20   17   14   12   12   17   28    7
  11   11   10   11   11    9    8   11   14    4
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 65947 of 776989
  30   27   25   24   25   13   12   18   31   12
  11   12   12    9    6    9    7   10   16    4
  11   11   11   11    9    6    6    8   12    3
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 65928 of 778562
  11   10   10    9    9    5    7    6   12    3
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
   8    8    6    7    7    4    5    7    8    4
  11   10   10   12    9    7    5   10   10    5
   7    7    7    6    6    3    2    5    6    2
   1    1    1    2    4    2    2    4    2    0
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 69230 of 888498
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 69066 of 254129
  24   23   21   19   17   11   10    9   20    8
  15   15   15    8    8    6    8   11   11    6
  22   19   17   20   15    8    7   17   18   14
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 117723 of 871570
  13   13   13    7   11    8    8    7   15    3
  14   13   11   13   11    8    7    7   11    7
   8    7    6    4    4    4    7   10    8    4
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
  12   11   10   11   10    6    6   15   18    4
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 114784 of 866485
   9    9    8    6    8    5    0    3    7    3
  13   13   11   12   10    8    9   11   11    8
  22   21   18   19   17   10    9   13   17   14
  11   11   10    7    4    3    3    4   14    2
   7    7    7    8    6    4    5    5    8    2
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 66431 of 857138
   2    2    2    4    7    5    4    3    0    1
  11   11   11   10    9    5    7   12   14    2
  10    9    9    8    8    7    6    7   12    2
  12   11   11    7    6    2    2    6   14    4
Auth Logi Sele Fetc Fet2 Stor Expu Appe Logo Disc
   8    8    8   10    6    7    5    8    8    3
   2    1    1    3    6    1    1    0    0    1
Error: APPEND failed: Sent only 99409 of 846800
   2    2    2    3    4    4    2    1    1    1
   6    6    6    5    5    2    6    7    6    2

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dovecot error messages:

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Feb 27 16:37:20 elfstone dovecot: imap(user1 at domain.tld): Corrupted index 
cache file /export/data/dovecot/domain.tld/user1/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: 
record points outside file
Feb 27 16:37:32 elfstone dovecot: imap(user1 at domain.tld): Corrupted index 
cache file /export/data/dovecot/domain.tld/user1/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: 
invalid record size
Feb 27 16:37:50 elfstone dovecot: imap(user1 at domain.tld): Corrupted index 
cache file /export/data/dovecot/domain.tld/user1/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: 
record points outside file
Feb 27 16:37:51 elfstone dovecot: imap(user1 at domain.tld): Corrupted index 
cache file /export/data/dovecot/domain.tld/user1/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: 
record points outside file
Feb 27 16:37:53 elfstone dovecot: imap(user1 at domain.tld): Corrupted index 
cache file /export/data/dovecot/domain.tld/user1/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: 
record has invalid size
Feb 27 16:37:53 elfstone dovecot: imap(user1 at domain.tld): Corrupted index 
cache file /export/data/dovecot/domain.tld/user1/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: 
record points outside file

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System:
compiler: (GCC) 3.2.3
binutils: GNU ld version 2.14.90.0.6 20030820
libc: GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.2, by Roland McGrath et al.
kernel: linux 2.6.6 #1 SMP, i686
filesystem: xfs

Best regards, Brane


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