[Dovecot] Dovecot index issues (Solaris/Thunderbird)

Mario Nigrovic-rvvk40 Mario.Nigrovic at freescale.com
Mon Jan 23 18:11:39 EET 2006


Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 07:42 -0700, Mario Nigrovic-rvvk40 wrote:
> 
>>dovecot: Jan 23 07:12:04 Warning: imap(rvvk40): Compressing cache file /var/tmp/mario/dovecot/.Freescale.ATIC.SAM/dovecot.index.cache
>>dovecot: Jan 23 07:12:04 Warning: imap(rvvk40): Growing pool 'extensions' with: 512
>>dovecot: Jan 23 07:12:04 Warning: imap(rvvk40): Growing pool 'extensions' with: 512
>>dovecot: Jan 23 07:12:04 Error: imap(rvvk40): Sending log messages too fast, throttling..
>>dovecot: Jan 23 07:12:05 Warning: imap(rvvk40): Growing pool 'extensions' with: 512
> 
> 
> Don't compile with --enable-debug. It's not meant for normal users and
> these kind of problems can happen. The "throttling" line starts slowing
> down the imap process a lot.
> 

Re-compiled without --enable-debug.  Shorter log files, but still no messages about why the server is stopping.

> 
>>>What about ~/.mail/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist file? It should contain
>>>something like:
>>>
>>>1 1127056150 5891
>>>31 1059753523.2405.mbox:2,F
>>>32 1059753524.2405.mbox:2,F
>>>
>>>The second number in first line (1127056150) is the UIDVALIDITY. Does it
>>>keep changing? The rest of the lines contain <UID> <maildir file>. Do
>>>their UIDs keep changing?
>>
>>Hmm.  I don't see any such file!  Can it be recreated, or maybe restored from backup?
> 
> 
> Dovecot always creates it. If you're able to open the maildir, the first
> thing that happens is that dovecot-uidlist file gets created. Each
> mailbox has its own one of those..
> 

I've done a thorough search of the while .mail/Maildir hierarchy, and there are no such files here!  I also don't see any in the INDEX directory.

					Mario
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